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

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...

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Published in:Palaeontology
Main Authors: Cruickshank, Arthur R. I., Fordyce, R. Ewan
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2002
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1475-4983.00249
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