Acostasaurus Gomez-Perez and Noe 2011 (plesiosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae

Full reference: M. Gomez-Perez and L. E. Noe. 2011. Cranial anatomy of a new pliosaurid Acostasaurus pavachoquensis from the Lower Cretaceous of Colombia, South America. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 310(1-2):5-42

Parent taxon: Pliosauridae according to M. Gomez-Perez and L. E. Noe 2011

Sister taxa: Anguanax, Arminisaurus, Attenborosaurus, Cryonectes, Hauffiosaurus, Marmornectes, Pachycostasaurus, Pliosaurus aequalis, Pliosaurus evansi, Polyptchodon, Simolestinae, Sinopliosaurus, Stenorhynchosaurus, Strongylokrotaphus, Thalassiodracon, Thalassophonea

Subtaxa: Acostasaurus pavachoquensis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at quebrada Pavachoque, Sutamarchán (Cretaceous of Colombia)

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