Dolichosaurus Temporal range:
Upper Cretaceous
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | † Dolichosauridae |
Genus: | †
Dolichosaurus Owen, 1850 |
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Dolichosaurus (meaning "long lizard") is an extinct genus of marine squamate of the Upper Cretaceous Cenomanian chalk deposits of England. It is a member of the family Dolichosauridae. [1] It was a small reptile measuring 0.5–1 m (1.6–3.3 ft) long. [2] It had an elongate neck resulting from an increased number of cervical vertebrae. [1]