Flying Objects

PLESIOSAUR FOSSIL

Plesiosaurs, now extinct, were large predatory marine reptiles which lived between 170 and 70 million years ago. They swam using powerful hydrofoil-like flippers similar to those of present day turtles. This fossil shows the bones of a fore-limb including the flipper.

Museum object no. 1997.148.1

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