†Umoonasaurus Kear et al. 2006 (plesiosaur)
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Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Leptocleididae
Full reference: B. P. Kear, N. I. Schroeder, and M. S. Y. Lee. 2006. An archaic crested plesiosaur in opal from the Lower Cretaceous high-latitude deposits of Australia. Biology Letters 2:615-619
Parent taxon: Leptocleididae according to R. B. J. Benson and P. S. Druckenmiller 2014
See also Kear et al. 2006 and Ketchum and Benson 2010
Sister taxa: Brancasaurus, Hastanectes, Leptocleidus, Nichollssaura, Vectocleidus
Subtaxa: Umoonasaurus demoscyllus
Type: Umoonasaurus demoscyllus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Australia (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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