Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae
Alternative combination: Aristonectes quiriquiensis
Full reference: R. A. Otero, S. Soto-Acuña, F. R. O'Keefe, J. P. O'Gorman, W. Stinnesbeck, M. E. Suárez, D. Rubilar-Rogers, C. Salazar, and L. A. Quinzio-Sinn. 2014. Aristonectes quiriquinensis sp. nov., a new highly derived elasmosaurid from the upper Maastrichtian of central Chile. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(1):100-125
Belongs to Aristonectes according to R. A. Otero 2024
See also Madzia and Cau 2020, O'Gorman 2019, O'Gorman et al. 2019, Otero et al. 2015, Otero et al. 2014 and Otero et al. 2015
Sister taxon: Aristonectes parvidens
Type specimen: SGO.PV.957, a partial skeleton (Skeleton including the skull, atlas-axis, twelve anterior cervicals, 23 middle-to-posterior cervicals, most of the trunk, both almost complete forelimbs, and mo). Its type locality is Cocholgüe village, sea coast, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone/sandstone in the Quiriquina Formation of Chile.
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Chile (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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