Dolichorhynchops osborni Variant:Hand-painted This small animal

This small animal

capable of reaching significant speeds to pursue prey on open plains

food grinding probably depended on subsequent gastric processing

" in honor of the location of its discovery and the paleontologist Mike Getty

Dolichorhynchops osborni Variant:Hand-painted This small animalDolichorhynchops osborni was a marine reptile belonging to the plesiosaur group, specifically a polycotylid , that lived during the Late Cretaceous period , approximately 9288 million years ago, when the vast Western Interior Seaway covered central North America. Unlike the classic long necked plesiosaurs, Dolichorhynchops had a short neck, a large head, and a streamlined body , making it a fast and highly efficient swimmer. Its size was considerable,