plesiosaurs
Ancient aquatic reptiles
Plesiosaurs were large marine reptiles that lived during the Mesozoic Era, distinguished by their broad flat bodies, four paddle-like flippers, and typically long necks with small heads.
They went extinct alongside the dinosaurs about 66 million years ago.
The Loch Ness Monster, if it existed, would presumably be a surviving plesiosaur.
Seagoing scaly vertebrate
- MesozoicAge of Reptiles
- JurassicDinosaur-dominated geological period
- CretaceousFinal Mesozoic period
- fossilPreserved ancient organism
extinction · Loch Ness · pliosaur · ammonite · ichthyosaur · mosasaur · prehistoric · specimen
Extended throat region
- small headUndersized cranium
- paddleFlat-bladed water tool
- limbJointed bodily projection
- vertebraeInterlocking bones of spine
teeth · nostrils · skull · jaw · streamlined · propulsion · pectoral · pelvic
Legendary Scottish lake creature
- NessieScottish lake creature's nickname
- lake monsterLegendary creature inhabiting lakes
- sightingInstance of perceiving something
- cryptidUnproven legendary animal
survival · living fossil · hoax · photograph · sonar · mystery · legend · folklore
marine reptile
Seagoing scaly vertebrate
- MesozoicAge of Reptiles
- JurassicDinosaur-dominated geological period
- CretaceousFinal Mesozoic period
fossil · extinction · Loch Ness · pliosaur · ammonite · ichthyosaur · mosasaur · prehistoric · specimen · skeleton
long neck
Extended throat region
- small headUndersized cranium
- paddleFlat-bladed water tool
- limbJointed bodily projection
vertebrae · teeth · nostrils · skull · jaw · streamlined · propulsion · pectoral · pelvic · rib cage
Loch Ness Monster
Legendary Scottish lake creature
- NessieScottish lake creature's nickname
- lake monsterLegendary creature inhabiting lakes
- sightingInstance of perceiving something
cryptid · survival · living fossil · hoax · photograph · sonar · mystery · legend · folklore · unexplained
- vertebratesmammals, mammal, birds, bird, reptiles
- Mesozoicdinosaurs, Velociraptor, Brachiosaurus, Spinosaurus, pterosaurs
- Extinct Animalsdinosaur, dinosaurs, tyrannosaurus, dodo, mammoth
- extinct creaturesdinosaurs, trilobites, ammonites, mammoths, pterosaurs
- fossilsdinosaur bones, ammonite, amber, ammonites, fossils
- prehistoric lifedinosaur, dinosaurs, triceratops, Velociraptor, velociraptor
plesiosaursdinosaurs
Extinct prehistoric reptiles
theropods · sauropods · Tyrannosaurus rex · pterosaurs · archosaurs