Futabasaurus suzukii Sato et al. 2006 (Futaba Suzuki Ryu)

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

Belongs to Futabasaurus according to T. Sato et al. 2006

See also O'Gorman 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NSM PV15025, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Ohisa River (Futabasaurus type locality), which is in a Santonian transition zone/lower shoreface mudstone in the Tamayama Formation of Japan.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

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

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