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Morenosaurus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Cretaceous of what is now California. The type species is Morenosaurus stocki, first named by Samuel Welles in 1943, in honor of Dr. Chester Stock. The species was found by Robert Wallace and in the Panoche Hills region of Fresno County. The skeleton they found was fairly complete, and lacked only the head and parts of the neck and paddles; the preserved portion of the trunk and tail is 3.63 metres (11.9 ft) long. The skeleton was originally mounted at Caltech but is now in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

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  • Morenosaurus es un género extinto de plesiosaurio del Cretácico de lo que ahora es California. La especie tipo es Morenosaurus stocki, nombrada por primera vez por Samuel Welles en 1943, en honor al Dr. Chester Stock.​ La especie fue encontrada por Robert Wallace y Arthur Drescher en la región de Panoche Hills del condado de Fresno. El esqueleto que encontraron estaba bastante completo y solo le faltaba la cabeza y partes del cuello y las aletas; la porción conservada del tronco y la cola es de 3.63 metros de largo.​ El esqueleto se montó originalmente en Caltech, pero ahora se encuentra en el Museo de Historia Natural del Condado de Los Ángeles. Morenosaurus puede haber sido similar a Elasmosaurus o Thalassomedon, pero los estudios a principios de la década de 2000 indicaron que los fósiles eran demasiado escasos para identificarlos a nivel familiar. [cita requerida] (es)
  • Morenosaurus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Cretaceous of what is now California. The type species is Morenosaurus stocki, first named by Samuel Welles in 1943, in honor of Dr. Chester Stock. The species was found by Robert Wallace and in the Panoche Hills region of Fresno County. The skeleton they found was fairly complete, and lacked only the head and parts of the neck and paddles; the preserved portion of the trunk and tail is 3.63 metres (11.9 ft) long. The skeleton was originally mounted at Caltech but is now in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Morenosaurus may have been similar to Elasmosaurus or Thalassomedon, but studies in the early 2000s indicated that the fossils were too scrappy to identify to the family level. (en)
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  • ?Elasmosauridae (en)
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  • Late Cretaceous, (en)
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  • Morenosaurus (en)
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  • Mounted skeleton , Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (en)
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  • Morenosaurus (en)
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  • * Morenosaurus stocki (Welles, 1943) (en)
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  • Morenosaurus es un género extinto de plesiosaurio del Cretácico de lo que ahora es California. La especie tipo es Morenosaurus stocki, nombrada por primera vez por Samuel Welles en 1943, en honor al Dr. Chester Stock.​ La especie fue encontrada por Robert Wallace y Arthur Drescher en la región de Panoche Hills del condado de Fresno. El esqueleto que encontraron estaba bastante completo y solo le faltaba la cabeza y partes del cuello y las aletas; la porción conservada del tronco y la cola es de 3.63 metros de largo.​ El esqueleto se montó originalmente en Caltech, pero ahora se encuentra en el Museo de Historia Natural del Condado de Los Ángeles. (es)
  • Morenosaurus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Cretaceous of what is now California. The type species is Morenosaurus stocki, first named by Samuel Welles in 1943, in honor of Dr. Chester Stock. The species was found by Robert Wallace and in the Panoche Hills region of Fresno County. The skeleton they found was fairly complete, and lacked only the head and parts of the neck and paddles; the preserved portion of the trunk and tail is 3.63 metres (11.9 ft) long. The skeleton was originally mounted at Caltech but is now in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. (en)
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