| Kimmerosaurus Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
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| Genus: | †Kimmerosaurus Brown, 1981
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| †Kimmerosaurus langhami Brown, 1981
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Kimmerosaurus ("lizard from Kimmeridge") is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the family Cryptoclididae.[1] Kimmerosaurus is most closely related to Tatenectes.
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