Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae
Alternative combination: Alzadasaurus colombiensis
Full reference: S. P. Welles. 1962. A new species of elasmosaur from the Aptian of Colombia and a review of the Cretaceous plesiosaurs. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 44(1):1-96
Belongs to Callawayasaurus according to F. R. O'Keefe 2001
See also Carpenter 1999, O'Gorman 2019 and Welles 1962
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UCMP 38349, a partial skeleton (skull and skeleton lacking distal part sof limbs, ilia, ischia and tail). Its type locality is Loma de la Catalina I (UCMP loc. V-4540), which is in an Aptian marine siltstone in Colombia.
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Colombia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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