Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae
Full reference: P. O. Persson. 1960. Reptiles from the Senonian (U Cret) of Scania (S Sweden). Arkiv for Mineralogi och Geologi 2(35):431-478
Parent taxon: Elasmosauridae according to P. O. Persson 1960
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alexeyisaurus, Alzadasaurinae, Alzadasaurus kansasensis, Alzadasaurus tropicus, Callawayasaurus, Callowayosaurus, Cardiocorax, Chubutinectes, Cimoliasaurus, Cimoliasaurus andium, Cimoliasaurus cantabrigiensis, Cimoliasaurus caudalis, Elasmosaurus amalitskii, Elasmosaurus kurskensis, Elasmosaurus orskensis, Elasmosaurus serdobensis, Elasmosaurus sternbergi, Eromangasaurus, Euelasmosaurida, Fluvionectes, Fresnosaurus, Gronausaurus, Jucha, Lagenanectes, Leivanectes, Leurospondylus, Mauisaurus gardneri, Plesiosaurus constrictus, Plesiosaurus crassicostatus, Plesiosaurus gulo, Plesiosaurus gurgitis, Plesiosaurus helmersenii, Plesiosaurus holmesii, Plesiosaurus hoodii, Plesiosaurus mackayii, Plesiosaurus mauritanicus, Plesiosaurus sutherlandi, Pliosaurus gigas, Pliosaurus macrospondylus, Stereosaurus, Thalassiosaurus, Thalassiosaurus ischiadicus, Thalassonomosaurus, Thalassonomosaurus nobilis, Wapuskanectes, Weddellonectia, Woolungasaurus, Woolungasaurus glendowerensis, Zarafasaura, Brimosaurus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Sweden (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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