Pistosaurus by Moondawg

Pistosaurus longaevus is an extinct genus of aquatic sauropterygian reptile belonging to the plesiosaur order.

PISTOSAURUS

(pronounced PIST-oh-SAWR-us) Pistosaurus was a nothosaur, a reptile with flipper-like limbs that lived both on land and in the water. It was about 10 feet (3 m) long with a very long neck, four long, paddle-shaped flippers, a streamlined body, and many sharp, pointed teeth in long jaws. Fossils have been found in France and Germany. It lived during the mid-Triassic period. It was not dinosaur