Postcranial morphology of Aristonectes Cabrera (Plesiosauria, Elasmosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia and Antartica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: O'gorman, Jose Patricio, Brandoni, Zulma Nelida, Salgado, Leonardo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press
• Subjects: Antarctic Peninsula; López de Bertodano Formation; Maastrichtian; Plesiosaurus Chilensis; Sauropterygia; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Patagonia; Argentina; Seymour; Seymour Island; Marambio; isla Marambio; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; antartic*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/11188

A partial, postcranial skeleton of a juvenile individual referred to Aristonectes cf. parvidens from the upper Maastrichtian Lo´pez de Bertodano Formation, Isla Marambio (Seymour Island), Antarctica, is described. Additionally, two juvenile specimens, also referred to A. cf. parvidens from the Allen...