Eoplesiosaurus was a plesiosaur, a type of marine reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it coexisted with many dinosaurs. Eoplesiosaurus lived during the Early Jurassic and resided in Europe. The first Eoplesiosaurus fossil was discovered in 2012.
Quick facts about Eoplesiosaurus:
- Existed from 201.3 million years ago to Sinemurian Age
- Lived in a marine environment
- Was a carnivore
- Reproduced by live birth
- Only one specimen has been found by paleontologists
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Eoplesiosaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- M. W. Maisch and M. Kapitzke. 2010. A presumably marine phytosaur (Reptilia: Archosauria) from the pre-planorbis beds (Hettangian) of England. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 257(3):373-379
