Assertion: plesiosaur | /r/CapableOf | give birth to live
Facets:
value: like humans
type: MANNER
value: like most other mammals
type: OTHER
value: like whales
type: OTHER
value: in the water like sea snakes
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: A real plesiosaur specimen found in 1987 eventually proved that plesiosaurs gave birth to live young: This fossil of a pregnant Polycotylus latippinus shows that these animals gave birth to a single large juvenile and probably invested parental care in their offspring, similar to modern whales.
text: However, later opinion shifted towards the idea that plesiosaurs gave live birth and never went on dry land.
text: It is unknown if Plesiosaurus laid eggs on land like sea turtles or gave live birth in the water like sea snakes.
text: If Plesiosaurus was capable and if so how long it spent on land has also been part of the argument of whether it laid eggs or gave birth to live
text: However, scientists now realize that plesiosaur gave birth to live young.
text: Like whales, humans, and most other mammals, plesiosaurs—giant, long-necked marine reptiles of dinosaur times—gave birth to live young, a new fossil study suggests.
text: It had been theorised that smaller plesiosaurs may have crawled up on a beach to lay their eggs, like the modern leatherback turtle, but it is now clear plesiosaurs gave birth to live young : The fossil of a pregnant plesiosaur Polycotylus latippinus shows that these animals gave birth to one large juvenile and probably invested parental care in their offspring, similar to modern whales.
text: It had been theorised that smaller plesiosaurs may have crawled up on a beach to lay their eggs, like the modern leatherback turtle, but it is now clear plesiosaurs gave birth to live young.
text: Is there are reference for the statement 'but it is now clear plesiosaurs gave birth to live young'?
text: Plesiosaurs breathed air (being reptiles) and gave birth to live young.
text: It had been theorised that smaller plesiosaurs may have crawled up on a beach to lay their eggs, like the modern leatherback turtle, but it is now clear plesiosaurs gave birth to live young : The fossil of a pregnant plesiosaur Polycotylus latippinus shows that these animals gave birth to one large juvenile and probably invested parental care in their offspring, similar to modern whales.
text: It demonstrates that the plesiosaur gives live birth and did not crawl out on land [to lay eggs].
text: It demonstrates that the plesiosaur gives live birth and did not crawl out on land [to lay eggs].
text: Karen: Did plesiosaurs lay eggs or give live birth?