Macroplata
| Macroplata | ||||||||||||
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Macroplata tenuiceps |
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| Lower Jurassic ( Hettangian to Toarcian ) | ||||||||||||
| 201.3 to 174.1 million years | ||||||||||||
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| Macroplata | ||||||||||||
| Swinton , 1930 | ||||||||||||
Macroplata ( Gr . = "Large plate") was a representative of the plesiosaurs from the Lower Jurassic . The animals were 4.5 to 5 meters long, had a 60 to 70 centimeter long skull, with a narrow, crocodile-like long snout and a neck that was twice the length of the skull and was supported by 29 short cervical vertebrae . The name for the genus was the plate-like enlarged shoulder blades.
Two species have been described, the type Macroplata tenuiceps from the Hettangium , the almost complete skeleton of which was found in Warwickshire in Central England, and Macroplata longirostris from the Toarcium of Whitby in Yorkshire .
source
- Palæos Macroplata
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