{"id":3540,"date":"2023-03-21T02:24:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T01:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lakebeyond.com\/?p=3540"},"modified":"2023-03-21T02:24:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T01:24:43","slug":"what-dinosaur-is-the-loch-ness-monster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lakebeyond.com\/what-dinosaur-is-the-loch-ness-monster\/","title":{"rendered":"What dinosaur is the loch ness monster?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Loch Ness Monster is an unidentified creature that is said to live in Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. The first recorded sighting of the creature was in the 6th century, and there have been many sightings since then. Some people believe that the Loch Ness Monster is a plesiosaur, a type of dinosaur that is thought to have gone extinct 65 million years ago.<\/p>\n

There is no clear answer, as the Loch Ness Monster has never been conclusively identified. Some people believe that it may be a plesiosaur, while others believe it could be a large eel or even a seal.<\/p>\n

Does plesiosaurus still exist? <\/h2>\n

The K-T event was a major extinction event that occurred at the end of the Cretaceous period, approximately 66 million years ago. All plesiosaurs became extinct as a result of this event.<\/p>\n

Marine reptiles, such as ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs and mosasaurs are not dinosaurs. Nor is Dimetrodon or other reptiles in the same group (previously called ‘mammal-like reptiles’ and now called synapsids). None of these other extinct groups shared the characteristic upright stance of dinosaurs.<\/p>\n

Where have plesiosaur fossils been found <\/h3>\n