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Description
Name: Kronosaurus (Kronus lizard - after the king of the Greek Titans).Phonetic: Krow-no-sore-us.
Named By: Longman - 1924.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria, Pliosauroidea, Pliosauridae.
Species: K. queenslandicus (type), K. boyacensis.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Estimated between 9 and 10 meters long. Skull 2.7 meters long.
Known locations: Australia. Colombia.
Time period: Aptian to Albian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Two sets of remains and associated individual teeth.
Updated 09-26-20
