A "plesiosaur" was a type of ancient marine reptile that lived about 200 million years ago. It had a long neck, a large body, and flippers like a turtle. It is often portrayed as having a unique and interesting appearance like the Loch Ness Monster.
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The great diversity of plesiosaurs found in the early Jurassic suggests at least six lineages survived the end - Triassic extinction. (newscientist.com)
Support for this idea came from a 2005 discovery in Queensland, Australia, where Colin McHenry of the University of Newcastle in New South Wales found plesiosaur stomachs full of sea - floor invertebrates (Science, vol 310, p 75). (newscientist.com)
But until now only a few bone fragments, tentatively identified as plesiosaur remains, have been found. (newscientist.com)