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Futabasaurus
Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous
National Museum of Nature and Science- Futabasaurus.jpg
Reconstructed skeleton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Class:
Sauropsida
Superorder:
Sauropterygia
Order:
Plesiosauria
Family:
Nessiterasidae
Genus:
Futabasaurus
Lochneska poboba museumofnessie
Model based off Nessiteras

Futabasaurus was a plesiosaur from the Upper Cretaceous. A complete skeleton of one has not been found. It is not known very well.

Futabasaurus is the first elasmosaurid found in Japan. The type species is F. suzukii. Many of the bones of the type specimen show apparent scavenging or predation by sharks.

Images for kids

  • National Museum of Nature and Science- Futabasaurus at Japan Gallery

    Cast of fossils of Futabasaurus suzukii exhibited at the National Museum of Nature and Science

  • Скелет Wellesisaurus sudzuki

    Pre-2006 skeletal mount which is informally labelled as "Wellesisaurus sudzuki" (with a large stone containing crinoids and ammonites in the background)

  • Fossil of Futabasaurus suzukii 02

    Fossils

See also

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