Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae
Full reference: J. P. O'Gorman. 2016. A small body sized non-aristonectine elasmosaurid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia with comments on the relationships of the patagonian and antarctic elasmosaurids. Ameghiniana 53(3):245-268
Parent taxon: Weddellonectia according to J. P. O'Gorman 2021
See also O'Gorman 2016, O'Gorman 2016, O'Gorman 2019, O'Gorman 2020 and O'Gorman et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Aphrosaurus, Aristonectinae, Futabasaurus, Kaiwhekea, Marambionectes, Morenosaurus, Tuarangisaurus, Vegasaurus
Subtaxa: Kawanectes lafquenianum
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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