Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae
Full reference: T. Kubo, M. T. Mitchell, and D. M. Henderson. 2012. Albertonectes vanderveldei, a new elasmosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Alberta. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(3):557-572
Belongs to Albertonectes according to T. Kubo et al. 2012
See also O'Gorman 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: TMP 2007.011.0001, a set of postcrania (132 vertebrae from atlas-axis complex to fused posterior caudals, pectoral girdle, incomplete pelvic girdle, almost complete fore- and hind limbs, disarticulate). Its type locality is 150 metres south of St. Mary River, near Lethbridge, which is in a Campanian offshore mudstone in the Bearpaw Shale Formation of Canada.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at 150 metres south of St. Mary River, near Lethbridge
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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