Kimmerosaurus
Kimmerosaurus was a plesiosaur, a long-necked marine reptile that swam in the Jurassic seas. It had a broad skull and sharp, curved teeth for catching fish. Only its skull and a few neck bones have been found, so scientists are still guessing what the rest of its body looked like.12
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Kimmerosaurus is known from only a few skulls and neck bones. No one has found its flippers, tail, or body.1
Some scientists think Kimmerosaurus might actually be the missing head of another plesiosaur called Colymbosaurus, because their neck bones look alike.1
The first Kimmerosaurus fossil was a partial skull found in 1976 by Peter Langham on the Jurassic Coast of England.1
Kimmerosaurus had 8 teeth in its upper jaw and 36 teeth on each side of its lower jaw, all sharply pointed.1
The most complete specimen was discovered on March 7, 2015, and includes the skull roof, brain case, teeth, and vertebrae.1

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?Was Kimmerosaurus a dinosaur?
No, Kimmerosaurus was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile, not a dinosaur.1
?How big was Kimmerosaurus?
Nobody knows for sure. Only its skull and a few neck bones have been found, so its full size is unknown.1
?What did Kimmerosaurus eat?
It likely ate fish, using its sharp, curved teeth to catch them.1
?Where did Kimmerosaurus live?
It lived in the seas near what is now England and Norway, about 152 to 147 million years ago.1
Seenaa sobaa diigaa
Seenaa sobaa: Kimmerosaurus is often thought to be a dinosaur because it lived in the Jurassic.
Dhugaa: Kimmerosaurus was a plesiosaur, a marine reptile that swam in the ocean. It was not a dinosaur.1
Ogeeyyii daayinootiif
- Maqaa saayinsii
- Kimmerosaurus
- Kan maqaa baase
- Brown 19812
- Garee
- Pileesiyoosaroota
- Maatii / kilaadii
- Cryptoclididae2
- Ramaddii
- Plesiosauria > Sauropterygia2
- Umurii dhagaawwanii
- waggaa miliyoona 155 hanga 145 (Kimmeridgian / Tithonian)2
- Caasaawwan dhagaa
- Kimmeridge Clay2
- Biyyoota
- Biriteen2
- Galmee fosilii
- 2 The Paleobiology Database keessa2
- Argannoo
- Kimmerosaurus was named by D. S. Brown in 1981 based on a partial skull found in Dorset, England, in 1976 by Peter Langham. The name comes from the Kimmeridge Clay where it was found.12
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- Scientists are not sure what the rest of Kimmerosaurus's body looked like. Some think it might be the same animal as Colymbosaurus, but no one knows for certain.1
Odeeffannoon eessaa dhufa
- Kimmerosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Kimmerosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): umurii, bakkeewwan, caasaawwan dhagaa, ramaddii.
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