Macroplata

macroplata

In Depth        Macroplata is classed as a rhomaleosaurid pliosaur,‭ ‬a group notable for having proportionately longer necks and smaller skulls than the more well-known short necked large skulled pliosaurs such as Liopleurodon,‭ ‬Simolestes and of course Pliosaurus itself.‭ ‬A better analogy is that Macroplata looks like a cross between the longer necked plesiosaurs of the … Read more

Kaiwhekea

In Depth        Cryptoclidid plesiosaurs‭ (‬those typified by Cryptoclidus‭) ‬seem to have become very rare towards the end of the Cretaceous with Kaiwhekea being one of the few known members of this family present this late in the Mesozoic.‭ ‬Like with so many of the late surviving plesiosaurs,‭ ‬Kaiwhekea seems to have survived this long by … Read more