Brancasaurus was a plesiosaur, a type of marine reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it coexisted with many dinosaurs. Brancasaurus lived during the Early Cretaceous. The first Brancasaurus fossil was discovered in 1914.
Quick facts about Brancasaurus:
- Existed from 145 million years ago to 140.2 million years ago
- Lived in a marine environment
- Was a carnivore
- Reproduced by live birth
- Only one specimen has been found by paleontologists
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Brancasaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- S. Sachs. 1997. Erster Nachweis eines gepanzerten Dinosauriers (Reptilia, Ornithischia, Thyreophora) aus der Unterkreide (Berrias) von Gronau in Westfalen. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 1997(1):56-64
