Plesiosaur
Fossil
About it
Marine reptiles with four flippers and often a very long neck; collectors mostly see teeth, vertebrae, and paddle bones. Mary Anning found the first complete skeleton at Lyme Regis; Morocco and Kansas yield many.
- Type
- Fossil (vertebrate)
- Group
- Plesiosaur (marine reptile)
- Colours
- brown, black, grey, cream
- Transparency
- opaque
- Periods
- Jurassic, Cretaceous
Typical values: real specimens vary. For more, see mindat.org.