![Size comparison of "Kronosaurus" boyacensis, a giant pliosaurid from Colombia. Despite being referred to Kronosaurus, "K." boyacensis is more closely related to Sachicasaurus. The pliosaur was reconstructed with a length of 9.7 metres (32 ft), and was drawn after the measurements and photogrammetric reconstruction in McHenry (2009). Information from Kronosaurus queenslandicus and Sachicasaurus vitae was used to fill in missing areas and restore crushed regions of the specimen. The diver silhoutte from File:Scuba33.jpg, which is by NOAA and in the public domain. References Páramo-Fonseca, María Eurídice; Benavides-Cabra, Cristian David; Gutiérrez, Ingry Esmirna (2018). "A new large Pliosaurid from the Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) of Sáchica, Boyacá, Colombia". Earth Sciences Research Journal 22 (4): 223-238. DOI:10.15446/esrj.v22n4.69916. McHenry, Colin R. (2009) Devourer of Gods: The palaeoecology of the Cretaceous pliosaur Kronosaurus queenslandicus (Thesis)[1], The University of Newcastle Photograph of the Harvard Mount of Kronosaurus Category:Kronosaurus skulls](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/%22Kronosaurus%22_boyacensis_Scale.svg)
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Size comparison of "Kronosaurus" boyacensis, a giant pliosaurid from Colombia. Despite being referred to Kronosaurus, "K." boyacensis is more closely related to Sachicasaurus. The pliosaur was reconstructed with a length of 9.7 metres (32 ft), and was drawn after the measurements and photogrammetric reconstruction in McHenry (2009). Information from Kronosaurus queenslandicus and Sachicasaurus vitae was used to fill in missing areas and restore crushed regions of the specimen. The diver silhoutte from File:Scuba33.jpg, which is by NOAA and in the public domain.
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