- Fresnosaurus
Taxobox
name = "Fresnosaurus"
fossil_range =Late Cretaceous
image_caption =
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo =Sauropterygia
unranked =Eusauropterygia
ordo =Plesiosauria
familia =Elasmosauridae
genus = "Fresnosaurus"
subdivision_ranks =Species
subdivision =
* "Fresnosaurus drescheri" (type) Welles, 1943"Fresnosaurus" is an extinct
genus ofplesiosaur from theLate Cretaceous (Maastrichtian stage) of what is nowCalifornia . Thetype species is "Fresnosaurus drescheri", first described by Welles in 1943. The generic name "Fresnosaurus" honorsFresno County , while the specific name honors Arthur Drescher."Fresnosaurus" was probably at least 30 feet in length. Like all elasmosaurid plesiosaurs, it probably ate small bony fish,
belemnite s, andammonite s.References
* Sepkoski, J.J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". "Bulletins of American Paleontology" 363: 1-560
External links
* [http://www.dinosauria.com/dml/names/ples.html#F "Fresnosaurus"] from the Plesiosauria Translation and Pronunciation Guide
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