Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae
Full reference: J. Wiffen and W. L. Moisley. 1986. Late Cretaceous reptiles (families Elasmosauridae and Pliosauridae) from the Mangahouanga Stream, North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 29(2):205-252
Parent taxon: Weddellonectia according to J. P. O'Gorman 2019
See also Carpenter 1999, Hiller et al. 2017, Mateus et al. 2012, O'Gorman et al. 2017, Otero et al. 2018, Otero et al. 2012, Sachs 2005, Sepkoski 2002 and Wiffen and Moisley 1986
Sister taxa: Aphrosaurus, Aristonectinae, Futabasaurus, Kaiwhekea, Kawanectes, Marambionectes, Morenosaurus, Vegasaurus
Subtaxa: Tuarangisaurus keyesi
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), New Zealand (4)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences
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