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 and resided in North America, South America, Africa and Europe. 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
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Brachauchenius was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- B. A. Schumacher and M. J. Everhart. 2005. A stratigraphic and taxonomic review of plesiosaurs from the old "Fort Benton Group" of central Kansas: a new assessment of old records. Paludicola 5(2):33-54
- G. A. Liggett, K. Shimada, and S. C. Bennett, B. A. Schumacher. 2005. Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) reptiles from northwestern Russell County, Kansas. PaleoBios 25:9-17
- J. Bourdon and M. J. Everhart. 2010. Occurrence of the extinct carpet shark, Orectoloboides, in the Dakota Formation (Late Cretaceous; Middle Cenomanian) of Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 113:237-242
