†Umoonasaurus demoscyllus 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
Belongs to Umoonasaurus according to B. P. Kear et al. 2006
See also Poropat et al. 2023
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Australian Museum F99374, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Zorba Extension Opal Field, which is in an Aptian marine horizon in the Bulldog Shale Formation of Australia.
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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