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Pleurosaurus is an extinct genus of diapsid reptile belonging to the sphenodont order. It was about 60 cm (2 ft) long.
Unlike its terrestrial relatives, Pleurosaurus was aquatic, having developed a very elongated body which made it very streamlined. However, this was its only adaptation to an aquatic life. Pleurosauruss limbs were shorter than those of its relatives.
Pleurosaurus
| | Name | Pleurosaurus | | Status | fossil | | Fossil Range | Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous | | Regnum | Animalia | | Phylum | Chordata | | Classis | Sauropsida | | Ordo | Sphenodontia | | Familia | Pleurosauridae |
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