A new elasmosaurid specimen from the upper Maastrichtian of Antarctica: new evidence of a monophyletic group of Weddellian elasmosaurids

• Published in: Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology
• Main Authors: O'gorman, Jose Patricio, Coria, Rodolfo Anibal
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: Antarctica; Aristonectinae; Elasmosauridae; Weddellian Biogeographic Province; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Patagonia; Argentina; Vega Island; Coria; Sandwich Bluff; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/79006

A new fossil elasmosaurid specimen, MLP 15-I-7-48, from the upper Maastrichtian Sandwich Bluff Member of the López de Bertodano Formation, Vega Island, Archipelago James Ross, Antarctica, is described. The fossil is a well-preserved anterior limb, which shares with Vegasaurus molyi from the upper Ma...