Terminonatator was a plesiosaur, a type of marine reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it coexisted with many dinosaurs. Terminonatator lived during the Late Cretaceous. The first Terminonatator fossil was discovered in 2003.
Quick facts about Terminonatator:
- Existed from Campanian Age to 70.6 million years ago
- Lived in a marine environment
- Was a carnivore
- Reproduced by live birth
- Only one specimen has been found by paleontologists
All the Terminonatator illustrations below were collected from the internet. Enjoy and explore:
Terminonatator was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- T. Sato. 2003. Terminonatator ponteixensis, a new elasmosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Saskatchewan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(1):89-103
