†subfamily Aristonectinae Otero et al. 2012

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae

Full reference: R. A. Otero, S. Soto-Acuña, and D. Rubilar-Rogers. 2012. A postcranial skeleton of an elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Maastrichtian of central Chile, with comments on the affinities of Late Cretaceous plesiosauroids from the Weddellian Biogeographic Province. Cretaceous Research 37:89-99

Parent taxon: Weddellonectia according to J. P. O'Gorman et al. 2021

See also Araujo et al. 2015, Benson and Druckenmiller 2014, O'Gorman 2015, O'Gorman 2016, O'Gorman 2016, O'Gorman 2019, O'Gorman et al. 2014, O'Gorman et al. 2014, O'Gorman et al. 2019, O'Gorman et al. 2019, O'Gorman et al. 2016, O'Keefe et al. 2017, Otero 2024, Otero and O'Gorman 2013, Otero et al. 2015, Otero et al. 2016, Otero et al. 2012, Otero et al. 2014, Otero et al. 2015 and Otero and Soto-Acuña 2021

Sister taxa: Aphrosaurus, Futabasaurus, Kaiwhekea, Kawanectes, Morenosaurus, Tuarangisaurus, Vegasaurus

Subtaxa: Alexandronectes Aristonectes Mauisaurus Mauisaurus haasti Morturneria Tuarangisaurus cabazai Wunyelfia

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Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Antarctica (6), Argentina (2), Chile (8), New Zealand (13)

Total: 30 collections including 31 occurrences

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