Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae

Full reference: S. P. Welles. 1943. Elasmosaurid plesiosaurs with description of new material from California and Colorado. Memoirs of the University of California 13:125-254

Parent taxon: Weddellonectia according to J. P. O'Gorman 2019

See also Carroll 1988, Sepkoski 2002, Welles 1943, Welles 1949 and Welles 1962

Sister taxa: Aristonectinae, Futabasaurus, Kaiwhekea, Kawanectes, Marambionectes, Morenosaurus, Tuarangisaurus, Vegasaurus

Subtaxa: Aphrosaurus furlongi

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Type: Aphrosaurus furlongi

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at LACM CIT locality 316 (Cretaceous of California)

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