Cimoliasauridae
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The Cimoliasauridae are a poorly known family of small and aberrant plesiosaurs from the Cretaceous.
They were characterized by a relatively larger head and shorter neck than the Plesiosauridae and Elasmosauridae. Teeth resemble those of the plesiosauridae. The group is known only from scanty and fragmentary remains.
[edit] References
- Persson, Per Ove, 1960, Lower Cretaceous plesiosaurians (Rept.) from Australia. Lunds Unveristets Arsskrift, 56 (12), 12-23
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