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Thalassomedon
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Thalassomedon

Thalassomedon haningtoni

Era: CretaceousDiet: PiscivorousPeriod: Late Cretaceous

Thalassomedon (from Greek, thalassa, "sea" and Greek, medon, "lord" or "ruler", meaning "sea lord") is a genus of plesiosaur, named by Welles in 1943