Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae
Full reference: A. Cabrera. 1941. Un plesiosaurio nuevo del Cretáceo del Chubut. Revista del Museo de La Plata 2(8):113-130
Belongs to Aristonectes according to J. P. O'Gorman et al. 2019
See also Cabrera 1941, Gasparini et al. 2003, O'Gorman 2016, O'Gorman 2016, O'Gorman 2019, O'Gorman et al. 2013, Persson 1963 and Welles 1962
Sister taxon: Aristonectes quiriquinensis
Type specimen: MLP 40-XI-14-6, a partial skeleton (skull and cervical vertebrae). Its type locality is Cañadón del Loro, which is in a Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Lefipán Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1 collection), Argentina (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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