Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae

Full reference: J. P. O’Gorman, J. I. Canale, P. Bona, D. E. Tineo, M. Reguero and M. Cárdenas. 2024. A new elasmosaurid (Plesiosauria: Sauropterygia) from the López de Bertodano Formation: new data on the evolution of the aristonectine morphology. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 22(1):2312302

Parent taxon: Weddellonectia according to J. P. O’Gorman et al. 2024

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

Subtaxa: Marambionectes molinai

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Type: Marambionectes molinai

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Unit 9, Lopez de Bertodano (Cretaceous of Antarctica)

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