A new elasmosaurid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Bearpaw Shale (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) of Montana demonstrates multiple evolutionary …

DJ Serratos, P Druckenmiller… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Plesiosauria is a diverse clade of marine reptiles that have been studied since the early 19th
century. However, phylogenetic relationships within the group have been contentious due to …

[HTML][HTML] A new elasmosaurid (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauria) from the non-marine to paralic Dinosaur Park Formation of southern Alberta, Canada

JA Campbell, MT Mitchell, MJ Ryan, JS Anderson - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
Elasmosaurid plesiosaurian remains have been documented from non-marine to paralic
(fluvial to estuarine) sediments of the upper Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation (DPF) of …

Albertonectes vanderveldei, a new elasmosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Alberta

T Kubo, MT Mitchell, DM Henderson - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A new elasmosaurid plesiosaur, Albertonectes vanderveldei, gen. et sp. nov., is
described on the basis of an almost complete postcranial skeleton from the upper …

Terminonatator ponteixensis, a new elasmosaur (Reptilia; Sauropterygia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Saskatchewan

T Sato - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A new elasmosaur, Terminonatator ponteixensis, gen. et sp. nov., from the
Upper Campanian Bearpaw Formation of southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada, is one of …

Reassessment of the Styxosaurus snowii (Williston, 1890) holotype specimen and its implications for elasmosaurid plesiosaurian interrelationships

S Sachs, J Lindgren, BP Kear - Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The holotype (KUVP 1301) of Styxosaurus snowii—one of the earliest described
elasmosaurid plesiosaurians—consists of a well-preserved cranium, mandible and …

Postcranium of the paradigm elasmosaurid plesiosaurian Libonectes morgani (Welles, 1949)

S Sachs, BP Kear - Geological Magazine, 2015 - cambridge.org
Elasmosauridae constitutes one of the most immediately recognizable plesiosaurian
radiations. Their distinctive body plan represents the popular model for Plesiosauria, and is …

Vegasaurus molyi, gen. et sp. nov. (Plesiosauria, Elasmosauridae), from the Cape Lamb Member (lower maastrichtian) of the Snow Hill Island Formation, Vega Island …

JP O'Gorman, L Salgado, EB Olivero… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
A new elasmosaurid, Vegasaurus molyi, gen. et sp. nov., from Vega Island, James Ross
Archipelago, Antarctica, is described. The holotype and only specimen of this species (MLP …

Early Cretaceous plesiosaurs (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauria) from northern Alberta: palaeoenvironmental and systematic implications.

PS Druckenmiller - 2006 - elibrary.ru
Oil sands mining in northern Alberta by Syncrude Canada Ltd. has resulted in the
serendipitous discovery of seven plesiosaurs and two ichthyosaurs from the Lower …

Cranial osteology of the mid-Cretaceous elasmosaurid Thalassomedon haningtoni from the Western Interior Seaway of North America

S Sachs, J Lindgren, D Madzia, BP Kear - Cretaceous Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Thalassomedon haningtoni is one of the most completely preserved elasmosaurid
plesiosaurians described to date. Unlike most other elasmosaurid fossils, both the holotype …

Ontogeny and evolution of the elasmosaurid neck highlight greater diversity of Antarctic plesiosaurians

AS Brum, TR Simões, GA Souza, AEP Pinheiro… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The Antarctic plesiosaurian record is critical for understanding the evolution of
elasmosaurids in the southern hemisphere. Elasmosaurids exhibit some of the most …