Assertion: plesiosaur | /r/HasProperty | greek
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text: Plesiosaurus (Greek for "almost lizard"); pronounced PLEH-see-oh-SORE-us
text: Plesiosaur is Greek for "nearer to the reptiles".
text: Plesiosaurus (Greek: πλησίος (plesios), near to + σαῦρος (sauros), lizard) is a genus of extinct, large marine sauropterygian reptile that lived during the early part of the Jurassic Period, and is known by nearly complete skeletons from the Lias of England.
text: Plesiosaurus (Greek: πλησιος/plesios, near to + σαυρος/sauros, lizard) was a large marine sauropterygian reptile that lived during the early part of the Jurassic Period, and is known by nearly complete skeletons from the Lias of England, Russia and Germany.