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"Eric", a near-complete opalized specimen of the plesiosaur Umoonasaurus at the Australian Museum
Taxa Umoonasaurus

"Eric", a near-complete opalized specimen of the plesiosaur Umoonasaurus at the Australian Museum

museum specimen Plesiosauria Umoonasaurus
Symphysis of the mandible of Plesiosaurus indicus from Kachchh, Gujarat, with a total estimated length of 3.55 inches.
Taxa Simolestes

Symphysis of the mandible of Plesiosaurus indicus from Kachchh, Gujarat, with a total estimated length of 3.55 inches.

Plesiosauria Simolestes
Cervical Vertebra of Crymocetus (formerly Plesiosaurus) Bernardi, nat. size.
Fig. 1. Front view.
Fig. 2. Back view of spinous process.
Fig. 3. Side view.
Fig. 4. Under view.

From the Upper Chalk of Sussex. In the Collection of the late Fred. Dixon, Esq., F.G.S., of Worthing.
Taxa Crymocetus

Cervical Vertebra of Crymocetus (formerly Plesiosaurus) Bernardi, nat. size. Fig. 1. Front view. Fig. 2. Back view of spinous process. Fig. 3. Side view. Fig. 4. Under view. From the Upper Chalk of Sussex. In the Collection of the late Fred. Dixon, Esq., F.G.S., of Worthing.

vertebra Crymocetus Plesiosauria
A new plesiosaur, Leurospondylus, from the Edmonton Cretaceous of Alberta
Taxa Leurospondylus

A new plesiosaur, Leurospondylus, from the Edmonton Cretaceous of Alberta

Cretaceous Edmontonia Leurospondylus Plesiosauria
Partial skull and anterior cervical vertebrae of unidentified pliosaurid plesiosaurian (MPPL 18797) from the uppermost Callovian–middle Oxfordian of Kaberlaba (Asiago, Italy), in left lateral view. Photograph (A) and explanatory drawing (B). White, preserved bone surfaces; dark grey, preserved margins of skull fenestrae; light grey, eroded bone surface; cross hatching, broken bone.
Taxa Anguanax

Partial skull and anterior cervical vertebrae of unidentified pliosaurid plesiosaurian (MPPL 18797) from the uppermost Callovian–middle Oxfordian of Kaberlaba (Asiago, Italy), in left lateral view. Photograph (A) and explanatory drawing (B). White, preserved bone surfaces; dark grey, preserved margins of skull fenestrae; light grey, eroded bone surface; cross hatching, broken bone.

bone drawing Italy Callovian +6
Holotype of the polycotylid[1] plesiosaur Edgarosaurus muddi DRUCKENMILLER, 2002, (MOR 751) comprising the skull, the neck, and the left front flipper, on display in the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana. The specimen was collected in Edgar, Carbon County, Montana, from the Shell Creek member of the Thermopolis Shale Formation, Upper Albian, uppermost Lower Cretaceous.[2]
Taxa Edgarosaurus

Holotype of the polycotylid[1] plesiosaur Edgarosaurus muddi DRUCKENMILLER, 2002, (MOR 751) comprising the skull, the neck, and the left front flipper, on display in the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana. The specimen was collected in Edgar, Carbon County, Montana, from the Shell Creek member of the Thermopolis Shale Formation, Upper Albian, uppermost Lower Cretaceous.[2]

museum United States Albian Cretaceous +7
Skeletal cross-sections and ecological estimates for four cryptoclidid plesiosaurs: Tatenectes, Cryptoclidus, Muraenosaurus, and Abyssosaurus.
Taxa Abyssosaurus

Skeletal cross-sections and ecological estimates for four cryptoclidid plesiosaurs: Tatenectes, Cryptoclidus, Muraenosaurus, and Abyssosaurus.

Abyssosaurus Cryptoclidia Cryptoclididae Muraenosaurus +2
Basal cryptoclidid plesiosaur restoration.
Taxa Bathyspondylus

Basal cryptoclidid plesiosaur restoration.

Bathyspondylus Cryptoclididae Plesiosauria
Mary Anning's plesiosaur: Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus Lower Jurassic Lyme Regis, England, UK
Taxa Plesiosaurus

Mary Anning's plesiosaur: Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus Lower Jurassic Lyme Regis, England, UK

United Kingdom Jurassic Plesiosauria
Neck (top) and lower back (bottom) vertebrae of plesiosaur Scanisaurus sp., excavated in the Kristianstad Basin and exhibited at the "Havsdrakarnas hus" exhibition in Bromölla, Sweden. Background digitally replaced with black color.
Taxa Scanisaurus

Neck (top) and lower back (bottom) vertebrae of plesiosaur Scanisaurus sp., excavated in the Kristianstad Basin and exhibited at the "Havsdrakarnas hus" exhibition in Bromölla, Sweden. Background digitally replaced with black color.

Sweden Ichthyovenator Plesiosauria Scanisaurus
Leptocleidus capensis, a plesiosaur from the Early Cretaceous of South Africa, pencil drawing, digital coloring
Taxa Leptocleididae

Leptocleidus capensis, a plesiosaur from the Early Cretaceous of South Africa, pencil drawing, digital coloring

drawing South Africa Cretaceous Early Cretaceous +4
A new plesiosaur, Leurospondylus, from the Edmonton Cretaceous of Alberta

A new plesiosaur, Leurospondylus, from the Edmonton Cretaceous of Alberta

Cretaceous Edmontonia Leurospondylus Plesiosauria
Skeletal cross-sections and ecological estimates for four cryptoclidid plesiosaurs: Tatenectes, Cryptoclidus, Muraenosaurus, and Abyssosaurus.

Skeletal cross-sections and ecological estimates for four cryptoclidid plesiosaurs: Tatenectes, Cryptoclidus, Muraenosaurus, and Abyssosaurus.

Abyssosaurus Cryptoclidia Cryptoclididae Muraenosaurus +2
Arminisaurus schuberti (NAMU ES/jl 36052), a plesiosaurian from the Pliensbachian of Bielefeld (Germany). Right scapula in medial view.

Arminisaurus schuberti (NAMU ES/jl 36052), a plesiosaurian from the Pliensbachian of Bielefeld (Germany). Right scapula in medial view.

Germany Pliensbachian Arminisaurus Plesiosauria
Arminisaurus schuberti (NAMU ES/jl 36052), a plesiosaurian from the Pliensbachian of Bielefeld (Germany). Rear part of right lower jaw ramus in side view.

Arminisaurus schuberti (NAMU ES/jl 36052), a plesiosaurian from the Pliensbachian of Bielefeld (Germany). Rear part of right lower jaw ramus in side view.

Germany Pliensbachian Arminisaurus Plesiosauria
Muraenosaurus? Reedii, Sp. Nov. and Tricleidus? Laramiensis Knight, American Jurassic Plesiosaurs

Muraenosaurus? Reedii, Sp. Nov. and Tricleidus? Laramiensis Knight, American Jurassic Plesiosaurs

Mauritius Jurassic Muraenosaurus Pantosaurus +2
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Dinosauria Plesiosauria Spinosauria
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