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Description
Name: Elasmosaurus (Ribbon lizard).Phonetic: El-lazz-mo-sore-us.
Named By: Edward Drinker Cope - 1868.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria, Elasmosauridae.
Species: E. platyurus (type).
Diet: Piscivore.
Size: 14 meters long.
Known locations: USA, particularly associated with Kansas - Pierre Shale.
Time period: Campanian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Many specimens.
