Kawanectes O'Gorman 2016 (elasmosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae

Full reference: J. P. O'Gorman. 2016. A small body sized non-aristonectine elasmosaurid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia with comments on the relationships of the patagonian and antarctic elasmosaurids. Ameghiniana 53(3):245-268

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

See also O'Gorman 2016, O'Gorman 2016, O'Gorman 2019, O'Gorman 2020 and O'Gorman et al. 2019

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

Subtaxa: Kawanectes lafquenianum

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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