Biology:Georgiasaurus
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Family: | †Polycotylidae |
| Genus: | †Georgiasaurus Otschev, 1977 |
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Georgiasaurus ("Georgy's lizard"; after V. A. Otschev's father, Georgy Otschev, a geodesist who died shortly before Otschev published the description in 1976) is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Russia . Otschev (or Ochev) originally named the specimen Georgia, but that name was preoccupied (Baird & Girrard, 1853). Originally a complete skeleton, the specimen was damaged in preparation of the quarry stone.
It was a fairly large polycotylid, measuring 4–5 m (13–16 ft) long.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Glenn W. Storrs, Maxim S. Arkhangel'skii & Vladmir M. Efimov (2003). "11 – Mesozoic Marine Reptiles of Russia and Other Former Soviet Republics". in Michael J. Benton, Mikhail A. Shishkin, David M. Unwin & Evgenii N. Kurochkin. The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia. Cambridge University Press. pp. 194. ISBN 978-0521545822.
Wikidata ☰ Q5548152 entry
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