A New Marine Reptile (Sauropterygia) from New Zealand: Further Evidence for A Late Cretaceous Austral Radiation of Cryptoclidid Plesiosaurs

• Published in: Palaeontology
• Main Authors: Cruickshank, Arthur R. I., Fordyce, R. Ewan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2002
• Subjects: Austral; New Zealand; Argentina; Seymour; Seymour Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-4983.00249; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2F1475-4983.00249; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1475-4983.00249

Kaiwhekea katiki gen. et sp. nov. represents the first described cryptoclidid plesiosaurian from New Zealand. It is one of the largest cryptoclidids known, at a length of over 6.5 m, and represents the third reported genus of austral Late Cretaceous cryptoclidids. Kaiwhekea katiki is from siltstones...