Species †T. bentonianum Rank Genus | Class Reptilia Phylum Chordata Order Plesiosauria | |
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Similar Mauisaurus, Dolichorhynchops, Leptocleidus, Styxosaurus, Plesiosauria | ||
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Trinacromerum is an extinct genus of sauropterygian reptile, a member of the polycotylid plesiosaurs. It contains a single species, T. bentonianum. Specimens that lived during the Late Cretaceous period have been discovered in what is now modern Kansas and Manitoba.
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Description
Trinacromerum was 3 meters (9.8 feet) long. Its teeth show that it fed on small fish.
The long flippers of Trinacromerum enabled it to achieve high swimming speeds. Its physical appearance was described by Richard Ellis as akin to a "four-flippered penguin."
Classification
Below is a cladogram of polycotylid relationships from Ketchum & Benson, 2011.
References
Trinacromerum Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA