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, and pliosauroidea, consisting of short-necked, elongated-headed forms. plesiosaurs that belong to the suborder pliosauroidea are more properly called " pliosaurs ." in this article, the term "plesiosaur" will refer to the order, while "true plesiosaur" and "pliosaur" will be used to designate organisms
reptiles that lived at the same time as dinosaurs, and though they are often lumped together with the "terrible lizards," they were not dinosaurs . although plesiosaurs are not considered to have direct, living descendants, they live today in the human imagination, in books, films, and even as the source...
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