An incomplete skeleton (the famous, heavily reconstructed, Harvard ‘plasterosaurus’) from ‘Army Downs’, Australia. Referred to Kronosaurus, but Noè and Gómez-Pérez (2021) made this specimen the holotype of a new genus and species, Eiectus longmani. ...
Due to its large size and ferocious appearance, Kronosaurus is one of the most famous plesiosaurs. The iconic skeleton referred to Kronosaurus on display in the Museum of Comparative Zoology in Harvard is nicknamed ‘plasterosaurus’ because so much of it is reconstructed in plaster. About a third of the skeleton is plaster and there are at least seven vertebrae too...