Kimmerosaurus was a plesiosaur, a type of marine reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it coexisted with many dinosaurs. The first Kimmerosaurus fossil was discovered in 1981.
Quick facts about Kimmerosaurus:
- Existed from Kimmeridgian Age to 145 million years ago
- Lived in a marine environment
- Was a carnivore
- Reproduced by live birth
- 2 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Kimmerosaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- D. S. Brown. 1981. The English Upper Jurassic Plesiosauroidea (Reptilia) and a review of the phylogeny and classification of the Plesiosauria. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 35(4):253-347
- R. Owen. 1874. The fossil Reptilia of the Mesozoic formations. Part 1. Pterosauria. Palaeontographical Society Monographs 27(126):1-14
