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Kronosaurus
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Kronosaurus

Kronosaurus queenslandicus

Era: CretaceousDiet: CarnivorousPeriod: Early CretaceousSize: 13.1mWeight: 2141kg

Kronosaurus is an extinct genus of large short-necked pliosaur that lived during the Aptian to Albian stages of the Early Cretaceous in what is now Australia. The first known specimen was received in 1899 and consists of a partially preserved mandibular symphysis, which was first thought to come from an ichthyosaur according to Charles De Vis