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
Belongs to Leivanectes according to M. E. Páramo-Fonseca et al. 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: FCG-CBP-22, a partial skull (anterior half of the skull comprising the rostrum, part of the orbital area and anterior half of the mandible). Its type locality is Loma La Cabrera, Villa de Leiva, which is in an Aptian marine claystone in the Paja Formation of Colombia.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Loma La Cabrera, Villa de Leiva
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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