Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae

Full reference: R. A. Otero, J. P. O'Gorman, N. Hiller, F. R. O'Keefe, and R. E. Fordyce. 2016. Alexandronectes zealandiensis gen. et sp. nov., a new aristonectine plesiosaur from the lower Maastrichtian of New Zealand. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(2):e1054494:1-14

Belongs to Alexandronectes according to J. P. O'Gorman et al. 2021

See also O'Gorman 2019 and Otero et al. 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CM Zfr 73, CM Zfr 91, a partial skull. Its type locality is Waipara River, M34/f1073, which is in a Haumurian basinal (carbonate) siltstone in the Conway Formation of New Zealand.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Waipara River, M34/f1073

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