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Elasmosaurus (/ɪˌlæzməˈsɔːrəs, -moʊ-/;) is a genus of plesiosaur that lived in North America during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous period, about 80.5 million years ago.
- What type of animal was Elasmosaurus?
- What does an Elasmosaurus do?
- What killed the Elasmosaurus?
- How did the Elasmosaurus breathe?
- What did the Elasmosaurus look like?
- How big is a Elasmosaurus?
- How tall is an Elasmosaurus?
- What's the spitting dinosaur in Jurassic Park?
- Why did Elasmosaurus have a long neck?
- Is Elasmosaurus a dinosaur?
- How many teeth did the Elasmosaurus have?
- Who discovered the Elasmosaurus?
- What dinosaurs had 500 teeth?
What type of animal was Elasmosaurus?
One of the first identified marine reptiles, and an instigator of the 19th-century fossil hunt known as the Bone Wars, Elasmosaurus was a long-necked predator. The plesiosaur lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous period.
What does an Elasmosaurus do?
A bizarre creature whose body was dwarfed by its long, thin neck and tail, Elasmosaurus swam using four flippers. It was a carnivorous hunter which used its long neck to get close to prey without them noticing. A swift flick of the neck could catch them unawares. Its small head limited the size of what it could eat.
What killed the Elasmosaurus?
It died out with the dinosaurs and other prehistoric marine reptiles at the end of the Cretaceous.
How did the Elasmosaurus breathe?
Like most of the so called 'swimming dinosaurs', Elasmosaurus wasn't really a dinosaur at all! It was a reptile. It did breathe air. Their necks were so long they wouldn't have been able to lift more than its head above the water.
What did the Elasmosaurus look like?
Measuring 10.3 meters (34 ft) long, Elasmosaurus would have had a streamlined body with paddle-like limbs, a short tail, a small head, and an extremely long neck. The neck alone was around 7.1 meters (23 ft) long.
How big is a Elasmosaurus?
classification and characteristics. For example, Elasmosaurus, a plesiosaurid, had as many as 76 vertebrae in its neck alone and reached a length of about 13 metres (43 feet), fully half of which consisted of the head and neck.
How tall is an Elasmosaurus?
Elasmosaur Painting Elasmosaurs have the longest necks of all plesiosaurs discovered thus far. By the late Cretaceous, the animals had reached what would be their peak length of 14 meters (46 feet) and weighed more than two tons. Their long necks were comprised of anywhere between 32 and 76 cervical (neck) vertebrae.
What's the spitting dinosaur in Jurassic Park?
The poison-spitting dinosaur reconstructed in Jurassic Park is Dilophosaurus. At the time the movie was produced, there was no evidence that this or any other dinosaur spat poison or had poisonous saliva of any kind.
Why did Elasmosaurus have a long neck?
Some researchers have also suggested that the long necks of elasmosaurs might have been used to generate lift in a similar way. Their long necks have a slight bend around the middle of their length which could be used like the curved wing of a plane. This would further help with long-distance cruising.
Is Elasmosaurus a dinosaur?
Elasmosaurus was a plesiosaur, a type of marine reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it coexisted with many dinosaurs. The first Elasmosaurus fossil was discovered in 1868.
How many teeth did the Elasmosaurus have?
Elasmosaurus can be distinguished by its six premaxillary teeth and 71 cervical vertebrae.
Who discovered the Elasmosaurus?
Mike Trask and his daughter Heather discovered the PUNTLEDGE RIVER Elasmosaurus under 12 feet (3.7 m) of solid shale off the Puntlege River near Courtenay, British Columbia on November 12, 1988.
What dinosaurs had 500 teeth?
This bizarre, long-necked dinosaur is characterized by its unusually broad, straight-edged muzzle tipped with more than 500 replaceable teeth. The original fossil skull of Nigersaurus is one of the first dinosaur skulls to be digitally reconstructed from CT scans.
