![]() There are even two body types of plesiosaurs, because the long-necked ones that inspired Nessie are joined by more powerful ones with shorter necks. Order is in the middle of the taxonomic system we use for life, starting with the broadest: domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. ![]() The term “plesiosaur” refers to a whole order of at least 100 species. You may think of one animal when you picture a plesiosaur, but that’s not accurate. But now, we might at least imagine a plesiosaur living in the loch! No plesiosaur has lived for many millions of years. People have theorized for a long time that the alleged Loch Ness Monster could be a plesiosaur, which is a suggestion with a lot of holes in its logic, honestly. The Loch Ness Monster is still not real, but freshwater plesiosaurs were!Īn abundance of teeth and other bones researchers unearthed at a 100 million year old riverbed in Morocco support a suspicion that the plesiosaur, a sea dinosaur, might have also lived in freshwater.This isn’t the first freshwater plesiosaur evidence, but it shows shared, regular eating behaviors.New research from Morocco shows evidence of 12 different plesiosaurs found in a river region.
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