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Fresnosaurus

Extinct genus of reptiles

Summary

Extinct genus of reptiles

Fresnosaurus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian stage) of what is now California. The type species is Fresnosaurus drescheri, first described by Welles in 1943.

Fresnosaurus was probably at least 9 meters (30 feet) in length. Like all elasmosaurid plesiosaurs, it probably ate small bony fish, belemnites, and ammonites.

References

The generic name ''Fresnosaurus'' honors [[Fresno County]], while the specific name honors Arthur Drescher.Sepkoski, J.J. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. ''Bulletins of American Paleontology'' '''363''': 1–560.
S. P. Welles. 1943. Elasmosaurid plesiosaurs with description of new material from California and Colorado. Memoirs of the University of California 13:125-254

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