Dolichorhynchops ("long-snouted face") is an extinct genus of polycotylid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America, containing two species, D. osborni and D. herschelensis. Simply put, Dolichorhynchops (also known as "Dolly" to paleontologists) was an oceangoing prehistoric reptile. Its Greek generic name means "long-nosed eye," perhaps with reference to the fact that its eyes seem placed rather far forward on its lengthy snout. Based on an analysis of its skull, it seems that Dolichorhynchops did not have very strong jaws, and may have subsisted on soft-bodied squids rather than fish. The jaws were lined with between forty and sixty, sharp teeth. Analysis of the scars on the fossilised jaw bone where muscles would have been attached indicate that Dolichorhynchops had relativel
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| - Dolichorhynchops ("long-snouted face") is an extinct genus of polycotylid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America, containing two species, D. osborni and D. herschelensis. Simply put, Dolichorhynchops (also known as "Dolly" to paleontologists) was an oceangoing prehistoric reptile. Its Greek generic name means "long-nosed eye," perhaps with reference to the fact that its eyes seem placed rather far forward on its lengthy snout. Based on an analysis of its skull, it seems that Dolichorhynchops did not have very strong jaws, and may have subsisted on soft-bodied squids rather than fish. The jaws were lined with between forty and sixty, sharp teeth. Analysis of the scars on the fossilised jaw bone where muscles would have been attached indicate that Dolichorhynchops had relativel
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| - Dolichorhynchops osborni, a plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America, pencil drawing
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| - Dolichorhynchops ("long-snouted face") is an extinct genus of polycotylid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America, containing two species, D. osborni and D. herschelensis. Simply put, Dolichorhynchops (also known as "Dolly" to paleontologists) was an oceangoing prehistoric reptile. Its Greek generic name means "long-nosed eye," perhaps with reference to the fact that its eyes seem placed rather far forward on its lengthy snout. Based on an analysis of its skull, it seems that Dolichorhynchops did not have very strong jaws, and may have subsisted on soft-bodied squids rather than fish. The jaws were lined with between forty and sixty, sharp teeth. Analysis of the scars on the fossilised jaw bone where muscles would have been attached indicate that Dolichorhynchops had relatively weak jaws.
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