Plesiopleurodon
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Plesiopleurodon Fossil range: Late Cretaceous |
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Plesiopleurodon ('near sided tooth') is an extinct genus of marine reptile. It was a type of small (about 3 m long) pliosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian).
[edit] In popular culture
It had a brief cameo in Walking with Dinosaurs, trying to ambush an Ornithocheirus. Although not identified in the show, it was identified on the old website, but mis-spelled as "Plesioliopleurodon".