A Small Body Sized Non-Aristonectine Elasmosaurid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia with Comments on the Relationships of the Patagonian and Antarctic Elasmosaurids

• Main Author: O'Gorman, José Patricio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Ciencias Naturales; Elasmosauridae; Upper Cretaceous; Patagonia; Antarctic Peninsula; Cretácico Superior; Península Antártica; Alta; Antarctic; Argentina; Barra; Pacific; Antarc*; Antártica; Antártida
• Online Access: http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/108247

The systematics of the Late Cretaceous non-aristonectine elasmosaurids from Argentinean Patagonia are poorly known as there is no valid species currently recognized. Here a new non-aristonectine elasmosaurid: Kawanectes lafquenianum nov. comb. from the late Campanian—early Maastrichtian Allen Format...