Georgiasaurus ("Georgy's lizard"; after V. A. Otschev's father, Georgy Otschev, a geodesist who died shortly before Otschev published the description in 1976)V. G. Otschev. 1976. "A new pliosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Penza Province". Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 2:135-138 is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Russia. Otschev (or Ochev) originally named the specimen Georgia, but that name was preoccupied by the colubrid snake Georgia Baird & Girard, 1853. Originally a complete skeleton, the specimen, holotype POKM 11658 consisting of seven neck vertebrae, vertebral impressions, both scapulae and two limbs, was damaged in preparation of the quarry stone. It was found near the village of Zatolokino.
It was a fairly large polycotylid, measuring long. Gregory S. Paul estimated its weight at .
See also
List of plesiosaur genera Timeline of plesiosaur research
References