| Attenborosaurus Temporal range: Early Jurassic |
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| Cast of the Attenborosaurus holotype which was destroyed in World War II, at the Natural History Museum, London | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Superorder: | Sauropterygia |
| Order: | Plesiosauria |
| Suborder: | Plesiosauroidea |
| Family: | Plesiosauridae |
| Genus: | Attenborosaurus Bakker, 1993 |
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Attenborosaurus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Early Jurassic of Dorset, England. The type species is A. conybeari.
The genus is named after David Attenborough, the species after William Conybeare.
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