KnowraPlesiosaur locomotionLinked fromLinked fromThe 11 pages that link to Plesiosaur locomotion, each with the reason it gives.All 11Broader topic 3Related 7Narrower topic 1PlesiosauriaRelated: Four flippers, rather than a tail fin, supplied their distinctive propulsion.PlesiosaurBroader topic: Their distinctive four-flipper stroke is central to reconstructing how they swam.SauropterygiaBroader topic: Plesiosaurs developed a distinctive four-flipper swimming system within Sauropterygia.CryptoclidusRelated: Cryptoclidus had the four-flipper swimming anatomy characteristic of plesiosaurs.ElasmosaurusRelated: This propulsion system carried Elasmosaurus through the sea despite its long neck.PlesiosaurusBroader topic: This describes the swimming system inferred for Plesiosaurus from its limb anatomy.LiopleurodonRelated: Its four-flipper propulsion helps explain how a large Liopleurodon moved through water.PliosauroideaRelated: Pliosauroids used the shared plesiosaur four-flipper system to propel their large bodies.KronosaurusRelated: Four-flipper propulsion shaped how Kronosaurus moved through the sea.PlesiosauroideaRelated: The characteristic paddles powered plesiosauroid swimming despite their long necks.PolycotylidaeNarrower topic: This broad propulsion model frames how polycotylids moved through marine habitats.