Brachauchenius was a plesiosaur, a type of marine reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it coexisted with many dinosaurs. Brachauchenius lived during the Cretaceous. The first Brachauchenius fossil was discovered in 1903.
Quick facts about Brachauchenius:
- Existed from Cenomanian Age to 89.3 million years ago
- Lived in a marine environment
- Was a carnivore
- Reproduced by live birth
- 5 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
All the Brachauchenius illustrations below were collected from the internet. Enjoy and explore:
Brachauchenius was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- R. Owen. 1860. Note on some remains of Polyptychodon from Dorking. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 16:262-263
- G. A. Liggett and K. Shimada. 2005. Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) reptiles from northwestern Russell County, Kansas. PaleoBios 25:9-17
- S. W. Williston. 1903. On the structure of the plesiosaurian skull. Science 17(442):980
