Kingdom Animalia Class Sauropsida Order Sauropterygia | Phylum Chordata Subclass Enaliosauria Rank Genus | |
Similar Sthenarosaurus, Edgarosaurus, Eretmosaurus, Thililua, Plesiopterys | ||
Georgiasaurus in action
Georgiasaurus ("Georgy's lizard"; after V. A. Otschev's father, Georgy Otschev, a geodesist who died shortly before Otschev published the description in 1976) is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Russia. Otschev (or Ochev) originally named the specimen Georgia, but that name was preoccupied (Baird & Girrard, 1853). Originally a complete skeleton, the specimen was damaged in preparation of the quarry stone.
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