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Today's new drawing is a new Plesiosaur or long-necked Marine Reptile from Chile.
Wunyelfia maulensis a new South American Plesiosar
Wunyelfia maulensis is a Plesiosaur that was recently found in Chile, South America. It was found about 200 kilometers southwest of Santiago, Chile. It was not the biggest but it was not the smallest Plesiosuar either. Among the long-necked Plesiosaurs, it had one of the more robust necks instead of the very long and thinner more gracile necks.
To be clear, there were two main types of Plesiosaurs. The long-necked ones are what we usually think of as Plesiosaurs. But the short-necked Pliosaurs are also Plesiosaurs. So long-necked Plesiosaurus, Elasmosaurus, and Wunyelfia were one type and short-necked Liopleurodon was another type. Over 100 different species of Plesiosaurs have been discovered over the years. In fact, in the 1830s, Plesiosaurus was among the first of the large extinct animals ever to be discovered by modern science.
Wunyelfia lived around 67 million years ago so it was among the last of the living Plesiosaurs. All the final Plesiosaurs went extinct with the meteorite blast that killed the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous Period. So Wunyelfia lived in the Late Cretaceous Period. Wunyelfia was around 33 feet or 10 meters long.
The Genus or Generic name of Wunyelfia means Venus in a Native South American language.
NOTE: This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled "Paleontology" and scrolling to the bottom of the Mesozoic Era section. Below this paragraph, I will be posting a few drawings of other Plesiosaurs. Remember to get to the printable pages click on... Paleontology.
English readers, I will also be posting this in Spanish... my second language.
Elasmosaurus Mother and Calf
Plesiosaurus Surfacing
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