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DescriptionElasmosaurus Size.svg	English: Size comparison of the North American Upper Cretaceous elasmosaurid plesiosaur Elasmosaurus platyurus. Unknown regions have been restored after Albertonectes and Styxosaurus. The diver silhoutte from File:Scuba33.jpg, which is by NOAA and in the public domain. References Cope, E. D. (1871) Synopsis of the extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America, Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society O'Gorman, J. P. (2016). "A small body sized non-aristonectine elasmosaurid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia with comments on the relationships of the Patagonian and Antarctic elasmosaurids". Ameghiniana 53 (3): 245-269. Kubo, T.; Mitchell, M. T.; Henderson, D. M. (2012). "Albertonectes vanderveldei, a new elasmosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Alberta". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 (3): 557-572. Otero, Rodrigo A. (2016). "Taxonomic reassessment of Hydralmosaurus as Styxosaurus: new insights on the elasmosaurid neck evolution throughout the Cretaceous". PeerJ 4: e1777. DOI:10.7717/peerj.1777.
Date	2 January 2018
Source	Own work
Author	User:Slate Weasel

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current	13:21, 29 July 2020	3,969 × 1,295 (63 KB)	Slate Weasel	More neck fixes
	20:58, 28 July 2020	3,970 × 1,295 (63 KB)	Slate Weasel	Neck fixes
	20:49, 28 July 2020	3,970 × 1,295 (63 KB)	Slate Weasel	Overhaul
	11:51, 22 July 2020	3,840 × 1,160 (32 KB)	Sittaco	File uploaded using svgtranslate tool (https://svgtranslate.toolforge.org/). Added translation for ru.
	20:53, 18 April 2019	3,840 × 1,160 (33 KB)	Slate Weasel	Overhaul
	12:50, 3 January 2018	1,860 × 658 (20 KB)	Slate Weasel	Bigger
	22:18, 2 January 2018	1,666 × 638 (20 KB)	Slate Weasel	{{Information \|Description ={{en\|1=Size comparison of ''Elasmosaurus platyurus'' and a diver. Outline of ''Elasmosaurus'' made using File:Elasmosaurus NT.jpg as a reference. Source for size estimate: * Palmer, Douglas, Simon Lamb, Angeles Gavir...