Rhaeticosaurus was a plesiosaur, a type of marine reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it coexisted with many dinosaurs. Rhaeticosaurus lived during the Late Triassic.

All the Rhaeticosaurus illustrations below were collected from the internet. Enjoy and explore:

Rhaeticosaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
  • T. Wintrich, S. Hayashi, and A. Houssaye, Y. Nakajima, P. M. Sander. 2017. A Triassic plesiosaurian skeleton and bone histology inform on evolution of a unique body plan. Science Advances 3:e1701144