Georgiasaurus (`Georgy`s lizard`; after V. A. Otschev`s father, Georgy Otschev, a geodesist who died shortly before Otschev published the description in 1976) 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 (Baird & Girrard, 1853). Ori...
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Georgiasaurus A “Georgy’s lizard” from Late Cretaceous Eastern Europe. It was named to honor V. A. Ochev’s late father, Georgy Ochev; a replacement for preoccupied Georgia Ochev. This generic name, Georgiasaurus, has no connection with the country in southwest Asia named Georgia (in English), Gruziya, in Russian. Named by Ochev ...
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