Stenorhynchosaurus munozi Páramo-Fonseca et al. 2016 (plesiosaur)

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

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