| Cimoliasaurus Temporal range: Early to Late Cretaceous |
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| Cimoliasaurus magnus vertebrae. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Superorder: | Sauropterygia |
| Order: | Plesiosauria |
| Family: | Cimoliasauridae |
| Genus: | Cimoliasaurus |
Cimoliasaurus was a plesiosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous to the Late Cretaceous (Aptian to the Maastrichtian) in New Jersey, New Zealand, England, and France. It grew from 13 to 25 ft long.
http://www.palaeos.com/Vertebrates/Units/220Lepidosauromorpha/220.820.html#Cimoliasaurus