Marine Reptiles
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The Richmond Pliosaur
The complete skeleton of this marine reptile
was found in 1990 near the town of
Richmond, north-western Queensland
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The Kronosaurus
Kronosaurus had teeth the size of bananas. It
roamed the inland sea hunting ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, turtles and large fish,
and was the most ferocious and largest sea creature of its time.
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The Platyptergius
Platypterygius was a large ichthyosaur. Fossils of this
animal are amongst the most common of the large marine reptiles
found in Queensland.
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Dave the Plesiosaur
One of the most exciting reptile finds in Queensland,
Dave was a type of plesiosaur, known as an elasmosaurid. These large marine
reptiles had four flippers and resembled a seal with a very long neck
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