Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae

Full reference: P. Vincent, N. Bardet, X. P. Suberbiola, B. Bouya, M. Amaghzaz and S. Meslouh. 2011. Zarafasaura oceanis, a new elasmosaurid (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Maastrichtian Phosphates of Morocco and the palaeobiogeography of latest Cretaceous plesiosaurs. Gondwana Research 19:1062-1073

Belongs to Zarafasaura according to P. Vincent et al. 2011

See also O'Gorman 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: OCP-DEK/GE 315, a partial skull (incomplete, dorsoventrally crushed skull and mandible). Its type locality is Sidi Daoui area [C II, Couche III] (general), which is in a Maastrichtian marine phosphorite in the Couche III Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sidi Daoui area [C II, Couche III] (general)

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