Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae

Full reference: M. E. Páramo-Fonseca, J. P. O'Gorman, Z. Gasparini, S. Padilla, and M. L. Parra-Ruge. 2019. A new late Aptian elasmosaurid from the Paja Formation, Villa de Leiva, Colombia. Cretaceous Research 99:30-40

Parent taxon: Elasmosauridae according to M. E. Páramo-Fonseca et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Alexeyisaurus, Alzadasaurinae, Alzadasaurus kansasensis, Alzadasaurus tropicus, Callawayasaurus, Callowayosaurus, Cardiocorax, Chubutinectes, Cimoliasaurus, Cimoliasaurus andium, Cimoliasaurus cantabrigiensis, Cimoliasaurus caudalis, Elasmosaurus amalitskii, Elasmosaurus kurskensis, Elasmosaurus orskensis, Elasmosaurus serdobensis, Elasmosaurus sternbergi, Eromangasaurus, Euelasmosaurida, Fluvionectes, Fresnosaurus, Gronausaurus, Jucha, Lagenanectes, Leurospondylus, Mauisaurus gardneri, Plesiosaurus constrictus, Plesiosaurus crassicostatus, Plesiosaurus gulo, Plesiosaurus gurgitis, Plesiosaurus helmersenii, Plesiosaurus holmesii, Plesiosaurus hoodii, Plesiosaurus mackayii, Plesiosaurus mauritanicus, Plesiosaurus sutherlandi, Pliosaurus gigas, Pliosaurus macrospondylus, Scanisaurus, Stereosaurus, Thalassiosaurus, Thalassiosaurus ischiadicus, Thalassonomosaurus, Thalassonomosaurus nobilis, Traskasaura, Wapuskanectes, Weddellonectia, Woolungasaurus, Woolungasaurus glendowerensis, Zarafasaura, Brimosaurus

Subtaxa: Leivanectes bernardoi

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Loma La Cabrera, Villa de Leiva (Cretaceous of Colombia)

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