Plesiosaurus

Perhaps of all the extinct reptiles, the Plesiosaurus was the most extraordinary.

The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland Hugh Miller 1829

a most interesting illustrated magazine article upon extinct animals, and one of the pictures portrayed these identical monsters, labelling them "Plesiosaurus"!

Harry Escombe A Tale of Adventure in Peru Harry Collingwood 1886

The auction also includes a 10-foot-long skeleton of a Plesiosaurus, a marine lizard whose shape evokes popular descriptions of the Loch Ness monster.

Big Dig 2010

Mythology has the Loch Ness monster looking like a Plesiosaurus.

Prehistoric Creatures Come to Life 2010

Plesiosaurus, and Pterodactylus were the aristocrats of the animal world.

Tropic Days 2003

"Sea-Serpent," it must be closely allied to the Plesiosaurus.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 Various

In comparing the two, it may be said, that, as a whole, the Ichthyosaurus, though belonging by its structure to the class of Reptiles, has a closer external resemblance to the Fishes, while the Plesiosaurus is more decidedly reptilian in character.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 Various

Another most curious member of this group is the Plesiosaurus, odd

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 Various

Plesiosaurus the tail must have been much less efficient as a locomotive organ, and the long, snake-like, flexible neck no doubt rendered the whole body more agile and rapid in its movements.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 Various

Plesiosaurus in the Jurassic beds, renders such a supposition probable.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863 Various