†Libonectes morgani Welles 1949

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae

Alternative combination: Elasmosaurus morgani

Synonym: Libonectes atlasense Buchy 2005

Full reference: S. P. Welles. 1949. A new elasmosaur from the Eagle Ford Shale of Texas. Fondren Science Series 1:1-28

Belongs to Libonectes according to F. R. O'Keefe 2001

See also Buchy 2005, Carpenter 1997, Carpenter 1999, O'Gorman 2019, Sachs and Kear 2017, Welles 1949 and Welles 1962

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Libonectes morgani: SMUSMP 69120, a partial skeleton (skull, cervical vertebrae and pectoral girdle). Its type locality is Andy Anderson Farm, near Cedar Hill, which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian marine limestone in the Britton Formation of Texas.
  • Libonectes atlasense: SMNK-PAL 3978, a skeleton. Its type locality is North of Goulmima (Unit 4), which is in a Turonian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Akrabou Formation of Morocco.

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Morocco (1 collection), United States (1: Texas)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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