Attenborosaurus
| Attenborosaurus Temporal range: Early Jurassic
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| Cast of the Attenborosaurus holotype which was destroyed in World War II, at the Natural History Museum, London | |
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| Genus: | Attenborosaurus Bakker, 1993
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Attenborosaurus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Early Jurassic of Dorset, England. The type species is A. conybeari.
The genus is named after David Attenborough, the species after William Conybeare.
Sources
- Ancient Marine Reptiles by Jack M. Callaway and Elizabeth L. Nicholls
See also
List of animals named after celebrities
External links
- Attenborosaurus in The Plesiosaur Directory
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