Simolestes was a plesiosaur, a type of marine reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it coexisted with many dinosaurs. The first Simolestes fossil was discovered in 1909.

Quick facts about Simolestes:

  • Existed from Middle Jurassic Epoch to 145 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 Simolestes illustrations below were collected from the internet. Enjoy and explore:

Simolestes was described by the following scientific paper(s):
  • D. M. Martill. 1986. The stratigraphic distribution and preservation of fossil vertebrates in the Oxford Clay of England. Mercian Geologist 10(3):161-186
  • K. K. Verma, P. P. Satsangi, and S. Srivastava, S. Mehra. 1979. On a plesiosaurian vertebra from the Upper Gondwanas of Kutch, Gujarat, India. IV International Gondwana Symposium, Calcutta (1977). Delhi: Hindustan Publishing Corporation. 1: Papers:217-220
  • N. Bardet, J. -M. Mazin, and E. Cariou, R. Enay, J. Krishna. 1991. Les Plesiosauria du Jurassique supérieur de la province de Kachchh (Inde). Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences. Série 2, Mécanique, Physique, Chimie, Sciences de l'univers, Sciences de la Terre 313(11):1343-1347