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    Mesosaurus was an early reptile that lived in the late Paleozoic era. It was one of the first reptiles to return to water after early tetrapods came to land. Mesosaurus was about 1 meter long, had a streamlined body with webbed feet and a long tail likely with a fin. It used its hind legs and flexible tail to propel through water, while its thickened ribs prevented twisting but allowed side-to-side motion.

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    Mesosaurus was an early reptile that lived in the late Paleozoic era. It was one of the first reptiles to return to water after early tetrapods came to land. Mesosaurus was about 1 meter long, had a streamlined body with webbed feet and a long tail likely with a fin. It used its hind legs and flexible tail to propel through water, while its thickened ribs prevented twisting but allowed side-to-side motion.

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    Palaeobiology

    Mesosaurus was one of the first reptiles known


    to have returned to the water after early 
    tetrapods came to land in the Late Devonian or
    later in the Paleozoic.[8] It was around 1 metre
    (3.3 ft) in length, with webbed feet, a
    streamlined body, and a long tail that may have
    supported a fin. It probably propelled itself
    through the water with its long hind legs and
    flexible tail. Its body was also flexible and could
    easily move sideways, but it had heavily
    thickened ribs, which would have prevented it
    from twisting its body.[9

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