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薄板龍科

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薄板龙科
化石时期:130–66 Ma
薄板龍
无效状况
科学分类 编辑
界: 动物界 Animalia
门: 脊索动物门 Chordata
纲: 爬行綱 Reptilia
目: 蛇頸龍目 Plesiosauria
演化支 新蛇頸龍類 Neoplesiosauria
亚目: 蛇頸龍亞目 Plesiosauroidea
演化支 淺隱龍類 Cryptoclidia
演化支 奇漁龍類 Xenopsaria
科: 薄板龙科 Elasmosauridae
Cope, 1825
異名

白堊龍科 Cimoliasauridae Persson, 1960

薄板龍科學名Elasmosauridae)屬於蛇頸龍亞目,是蛇頸龍類中最先進的一群,也是頸部最長的一群。薄板龍科生存於三疊紀晚期到白堊紀末期。牠們以魚類及缺乏甲殼的頭足類為主食。

體型

薄板龍科中最早的成員體型很小,身長約3公尺。在白堊紀末期,薄板龍科的身長為14公尺,例如薄板龍。牠們的頸部是蛇頸龍類中最長的,擁有32到71節頸椎。薄板龍甚至有超過70個脊椎骨。薄板龍科的體重只有數公噸。

分類

在1869年,愛德華·德林克·科普(Edward Drinker Cope)建立、命名薄板龍科,以容納薄板龍屬

薄板龍科 Elasmosauridae下级分类如下:

参考资料

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外部連結

https://web.archive.org/web/20070714234015/http://www.palaeos.com/Vertebrates/Units/220Lepidosauromorpha/220.700.html#Elasmosauridae