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