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What would win in a fight between a dinosaur and a whale?


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Not as far as I know, it would be a bit wierd to have the group reffered to as Plesiosaurs, but then actually name one of them a Plesiosaurus... it would be a bit like calling one breed of dog a doggie!

Maybe I'm wrong, but I always thought Plesiosaur was an individual species.

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Not as far as I know, it would be a bit wierd to have the group reffered to as Plesiosaurs, but then actually name one of them a Plesiosaurus... it would be a bit like calling one breed of dog a doggie!

Maybe I'm wrong, but I always thought Plesiosaur was an individual species.

 

Wikipedia says it may apply to both. From what I can garner.

 

A plesiosaur (pronounced /ˈpliːziəsɔr/; Greek: plēsios/πλησιος 'near' or 'close to' and sauros/σαυρος 'lizard') was a type of carnivorous aquatic (mostly marine) reptile. After their discovery, plesiosaurs were somewhat fancifully said to have resembled "a snake threaded through the shell of a turtle", although they had no shell. The common name 'plesiosaur' is applied both to the 'true' plesiosaurs (Suborder Plesiosauroidea) which includes both long-necked (elasmosaurs) and short-necked (polycotylid) forms and to the larger taxonomic rank of Plesiosauria, which includes the pliosaurs.
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