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Plesiosaur Fossils Found In Arctic Islands Education & Science >> Plesiosaur Fossils Found In Arctic Islands Plesiosaurs were carnivorous aquatic reptiles that lived during the Jurassic age. They were Mesozoic reptiles and though they lived at the same period as dinosaurs they were not dinosaurs. The word Plesiosaur can be defined in Greek as plesios meaning near or close to and sauros meaning lizard. They survived till the end of Cretaceous Period. As per latest news, remains of Pliosaurs were found by researchers of University of Oslo, Norway, in Arctic Islands on the 4th of December 2007. Posted on September 25, 2007 | Related Articles | Linked From (220 Reads) tag Education & Science Tags: arctic, fossils, islands, plesiosaur, plesiosaurs, reptiles, Dead Plesiosaurus Found In Japan, 1993 Artic Cat Thundercat 900