A new plesiosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) specimen from the upper cretaceous of west antarctica, with comments on the ontogeny and morphological diversity of the elasmosaurid pelvic girdle

• Main Authors: Miller, Case V., O'Gorman, José P., Salisbury, Steven W., Coria, Rodolfo Anibal, Roberts, Eric M., O’Connor, Patrick M., Reguero, Marcelo Alfredo, Lamanna, Matthew C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Carnegie Museum of Natural History
• Subjects: ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ELASMOSAURIDAE; JAMES ROSS BASIN; LÓPEZ DE BERTODANO FORMATION; MAASTRICHTIAN; PLESIOSAURIA; SANDWICH BLUFF MEMBER; VEGA ISLAND; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; West Antarctica; Argentino; Queensland; Argentina; Salisbury; Vega Island; Coria; Sandwich Bluff; Funes; Antarc*; Antarctica; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Instituto Antártico Argentino
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/140655

Although knowledge of Mesozoic marine reptiles from Antarctica has improved considerably in recent years, associated and well-preserved skeletal material of these animals remains uncommon. Here we describe a largely complete, closely associated plesiosaur pelvic girdle recovered from the uppermost C...