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PLESIOSAURIA [3 records]

Record 1 1980-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie

Spanish

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Record 2 1978-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

A suborder of Sauropterygia comprising Mesozoic marine reptiles with dorsoventrally flattened bodies and limbs modified into paddles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

Famille de reptiles sauroptérygiens, ayant vécu dans les mers secondaires, depuis le Lias jusqu'au Crétacé (...)

Spanish

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Record 3 1978-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

Amphibious or marine reptiles of the Triassic Period and later, having a long neck and two pairs of five-toed paddles with many phalanges.

CONT

[...] any of an extinct order (Plesiosauria) of large water reptiles of the Mesozoic Era, characterized by a small head, long neck, short tail, and four paddlelike limbs.

OBS

Most were purely aquatic but a few with more elongated limbs could probably also move on land.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

Le second type de reptiles nageurs est représenté par les plésiosaures (de «plêsios», voisin; «sauros», lézard) [...] Leur corps a la forme d'un tonnelet que limitent des côtes robustes et que prolongent un long cou et une longue queue. La tête est petite. [...] Les ceintures des membres forment bouclier sur la face ventrale et portent des nageoires égales, allongées et toujours à cinq doigts [...]

Spanish

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