Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae
Parent taxon: Elasmosauridae according to J. J., Jr. Sepkoski 2002
See also Carroll 1988, Hay 1930, Welles 1943 and Welles 1962
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, 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, Scanisaurus, Stereosaurus, Thalassiosaurus, Thalassiosaurus ischiadicus, Thalassonomosaurus, Thalassonomosaurus nobilis, Wapuskanectes, Weddellonectia, Woolungasaurus, Woolungasaurus glendowerensis, Zarafasaura, Brimosaurus
Subtaxa: Leurospondylus ultimus
Type: Leurospondylus ultimus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at east bank, Red Deer River (Cretaceous of Alberta)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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