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What is a plesiosaur?

What is a plesiosaur? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any of several extinct marine reptiles, of the order Plesiosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. [from c. 1840]
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In contrast, Robinson observed that plesiosaur flippers were shaped like hydrofoils and hypothesized that they produced thrust through lift rather than drag.
Numerous testimonies involving marine monsters with strange forms match the plesiosaur description.
The plesiosaur, on the other hand, had a small and delicate head, with slender teeth and small eyes.
The plesiosaur, the ichthyosaur, and the as yet unnamed dinosaur had all been found in limestone deposits that were attributed to what was then called the Secondary and is now known as the Mesozoic era.
The plesiosaur, being a reptile, wouldn't undulate but move from side to side.
He then said it was an animal that moved through space and time and parallel universes and when it popped into our universe, it was a plesiosaur.

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