Meyerasaurus was a plesiosaur, a type of marine reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it coexisted with many dinosaurs. Meyerasaurus lived during the Early Jurassic and resided in Europe. The first Meyerasaurus fossil was discovered in 2010.
Quick facts about Meyerasaurus:
- Existed from Pliensbachian Age to 182 million years ago
- Lived in a marine environment
- Was a carnivore
- Reproduced by live birth
- Only one specimen has been found by paleontologists
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Meyerasaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- E. Fraas. 1910. Plesiosaurier aus dem oberen Lias von Holzmaden. Palaeontographica 57:105-140
