A new elasmosaurid from the upper Maastrichtian López de Bertodano Formation: new data on weddellonectian diversity

• Published in: Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology
• Main Authors: O'gorman, Jose Patricio, Panzeri, Karen Magalí, Fernández, Marta Susana, Santillana, Sergio, Moly, Juan J., Reguero, Marcelo Alfredo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Elasmosauridae; Lopez de Bertodano; Weddellonectia; Plesiosauria; Marine reptiles; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Patagonia; New Zealand; Argentina; Lopez; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/49635

Elasmosaurids are one of the most frequently recorded marine reptiles from the Weddellian Province (Patagonia, Western Antarctica and New Zealand). Improvements in our knowledge of elasmosaurid diversity have been problematic because of their conservative postcranial morphology. However, recent stud...