Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
Full reference: M. E. Páramo-Fonseca, M. Gómez-Pérez, L. F. Noé and F. Etayo-Serna. 2016. Stenorhynchosaurus munozi, gen. et sp. nov. a new pliosaurid from the Upper Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) of Villa de Leiva, Colombia, South America. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 40(154):84-103
Belongs to Stenorhynchosaurus according to M. E. Páramo-Fonseca et al. 2016
See also Páramo-Fonseca et al. 2023
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: VL17052004-1, a partial skeleton (Skull, trunk, appendicular skeleton). Its type locality is Stenorhynchosaurus munozi type locality, which is in a Barremian marginal marine claystone in the Paja Formation of Colombia.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Colombia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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