elasmosaur

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elasmosaur (plural elasmosaurs)

  1. Any plesiosaur of the genus Elasmosaurus.
    • 2022 December 6, Rachael Merritt, “Australia's first complete plesiosaur fossil discovered in outback Queensland”, in ABC News‎[1]:
      It is the first time in Australia the head and body of an elasmosaur, a type of plesiosaur, has been found in one piece.
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