Classification
Sauropterygia
Sous-ordre
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Plesiosauria
Ordre
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Plesiosauroidea
Superfamille
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Elasmosauridae
Famille
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Euelasmosaurida
Clade non classé
Sites de découverte 26 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
Formations géologiques
Distribution temporelle
Maastrichtien
(72.2–66 Ma)
3
Campanien
(83.6–72.2 Ma)
10
Santonien
(85.7–83.6 Ma)
5
Coniacien
(89.8–85.7 Ma)
1
Turonien
(93.9–89.8 Ma)
4
Cénomanien
(100.5–93.9 Ma)
3
Images 1
Bibliographie
Description originale
J. P. O'Gorman. 2019. Elasmosaurid phylogeny and paleobiogeography, with a reappraisal of Aphrosaurus furlongi from the Maastrichtian of the Moreno Formation. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39(5):e1692025:1-24
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Bibliographie (19)
C. V. Miller, J. P. O'Gorman, and S. W. Salisbury, R. A. Coria, E. M. Roberts, P. M. O.'Connor, M. A. Reguero, M. C. Lamanna. 2020. A new plesiosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) specimen from the Upper Cretaceous of west Antartica, with comments on the ontogeny and morphological diversity of the elasmosaurid pelvic girdle. Annals of Carnegie Museum 86(2):93-106
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D. J. Serratos, P. Druckenmiller, and R. B. J. Benson. 2017. A new elasmosaurid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Bearpaw Shale (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) of Montana demonstrates multiple evolutionary reductions of neck length within Elasmosauridae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(2):e1278608
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R. A. Otero. 2016. Taxonomic reassessment of Hydralmosaurus as Styxosaurus: new insights on the elasmosaurid neck evolution throughout the Cretaceous. PeerJ 4:e1777:1-60
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T. Kubo, M. T. Mitchell, and D. M. Henderson. 2012. Albertonectes vanderveldei, a new elasmosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Alberta. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(3):557-572
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M.-C. Buchy. 2005. An elasmosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) of Morocco. Carolinea 63:5-28
T. Sato. 2003. Terminonatator ponteixensis, a new elasmosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Saskatchewan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(1):89-103
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D. J. Cicimurri and M. J. Everhart. 2001. An elasmosaur with stomach contents and gastroliths from the Pierre Shale (Late Cretaceous) of Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 104(3-4):129-143
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K. Carpenter. 1999. Revision of North American elasmosaurs from the Cretaceous of the Western Interior. Paludicola 2(2):148-173
Y. Kanie, Y. Hasegawa, and Y. Okazaki, M. Tatematsu. 1998. Vampyromorph: past and present - Cretaceous Vampyromorph (Coleoidea: Cephalopoda) as the diet of plesiosaurs. Bulletin of Gunma Museum of Natural History 2:11-22
J. E. Martin and L. E. Kennedy. 1988. A plesiosaur with stomach contents from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) Pierre Shale of South Dakota: a prelimiinary report. Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Sciences 67:76-79
I. Obata, Y. Hasegawa, and H. Otsuka. 1972. Preliminary report on the Cretaceous reptile fossils from Hokkaido. Memoirs of the National Science Museum 5:213-222
S. P. Welles. 1949. A new elasmosaur from the Eagle Ford Shale of Texas. Fondren Science Series 1:1-28
S. P. Welles and J. D. Bump. 1949. Alzadasaurus pembertoni, a new elasmosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of South Dakota. Journal of Paleontology 23(5):521-535
S. P. Welles. 1943. Elasmosaurid plesiosaurs with description of new material from California and Colorado. Memoirs of the University of California 13:125-254
S. P. Welles. 1940. Revision of Elasmosaurid Plesiosaurs.
F. B. Loomis. 1915. A new mosasaur from the Fort Pierre. American Journal of Science 39(233):555-566
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S. W. Williston. 1906. North American plesiosaurs: Elasmosaurus, Cimoliasaurus, and Polycotylus. The American Journal of Science, series 4 21:221-236
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S. W. Williston. 1890. A new plesiosaur from the Niobrara Cretaceous of Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 12:174-178
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E. D. Cope. 1868. On a new large enaliosaur. The American Journal of Science, series 2 46(137):263-264