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Wunyelfia maulensis

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae

Taxonomy
Wunyelfia maulensis was named by Otero and Soto-Acuña (2021). Its type specimen is SGO.PV.6507, a set of postcrania (Associated postcranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mariscadero, southern Pelluhue, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the Quiriquina Formation of Chile. It is the type species of Wunyelfia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Wunyelfia maulensis Otero and Soto-Acuña

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderPlesiosauriade Blainville 1835
superfamilyPlesiosauroideaWelles 1943
familyElasmosauridaeCope 1869
—Weddellonectia
subfamilyAristonectinae()
genusWunyelfia
speciesmaulensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Wunyelfia maulensis Otero and Soto-Acuña 2021
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2009-07-20 06:05:48
Modified: 2011-08-12 01:58:15
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Chile Aristonectinae indet. (type locality: 157301)