Fresnosaurus
Extinct genus of reptiles
title: "Fresnosaurus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["late-cretaceous-plesiosaurs-of-north-america", "fossil-taxa-described-in-1943", "elasmosauridae", "taxa-named-by-samuel-paul-welles", "sauropterygian-genera"] description: "Extinct genus of reptiles" topic_path: "general/late-cretaceous-plesiosaurs-of-north-america" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresnosaurus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Extinct genus of reptiles ::
| fossil_range = Late Cretaceous, | image = Fresnosaurus drescheri profile reconstruction.jpg | image_caption = Life restoration | genus = Fresnosaurus | parent_authority = Welles, 1943 | species = drescheri | authority = Welles, 1943
Fresnosaurus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian stage) of what is now California. The type species is Fresnosaurus drescheri, first described by Welles in 1943.
Fresnosaurus was probably at least 9 meters (30 feet) in length. Like all elasmosaurid plesiosaurs, it probably ate small bony fish, belemnites, and ammonites.
References
References
- The generic name ''Fresnosaurus'' honors [[Fresno County]], while the specific name honors Arthur Drescher.Sepkoski, J.J. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. ''Bulletins of American Paleontology'' '''363''': 1–560.
- S. P. Welles. 1943. Elasmosaurid plesiosaurs with description of new material from California and Colorado. Memoirs of the University of California 13:125-254
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