Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae

Full reference: T. Sato, Y. Hasegawa, and M. Manabe. 2006. A new elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Fukushima, Japan. Palaeontology 49(3):467-484

Parent taxon: Weddellonectia according to J. P. O'Gorman 2019

See also Otero et al. 2012 and Sato et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Aphrosaurus, Aristonectinae, Kaiwhekea, Kawanectes, Marambionectes, Morenosaurus, Tuarangisaurus, Vegasaurus

Subtaxa: Futabasaurus suzukii

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ohisa River (Futabasaurus type locality) (Cretaceous of Japan)

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