Acostasaurus pavachoquensis Gomez-Perez and Noe 2011 (plesiosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae

Full reference: M. Gomez-Perez and L. E. Noe. 2011. Cranial anatomy of a new pliosaurid Acostasaurus pavachoquensis from the Lower Cretaceous of Colombia, South America. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 310(1-2):5-42

Belongs to Acostasaurus according to M. Gomez-Perez and L. E. Noe 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UNDG R-1000. Its type locality is quebrada Pavachoque, Sutamarchán, which is in a Barremian marine claystone in the Paja Formation of Colombia.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at quebrada Pavachoque, Sutamarchán

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