Simolestes was a plesiosaur, a type of marine reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it coexisted with many dinosaurs. The first Simolestes fossil was discovered in 1909.
Quick facts about Simolestes:
- Existed from Middle Jurassic Epoch to 145 million years ago
- Lived in a marine environment
- Was a carnivore
- Reproduced by live birth
- 5 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Simolestes was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- R. Lydekker. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia, Part II. Containing the orders Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia
- K. K. Verma and P. P. Satsangi. 1979. On a plesiosaurian vertebra from the Upper Gondwanas of Kutch, Gujarat, India. IV International Gondwana Symposium, Calcutta (1977) 1: Papers:217-220
- P. Godefroit. 1994. Simolestes keileni sp. nov., un Pliosaure (Plesiosauria, Reptilia) du Bajocien supérieur de Lorraine (France). Bulletin des Académie et Société Lorraines des sciences 33(2):77-95
