A plesiosaurian autopodial element (Plesiosauria indet.) with remarkable articular subchondral surfaces from the Maastrichtian type area (south-east Netherlands)

LPJ Barten, EWA Mulder, JWM Jagt - Netherlands Journal of …, 2024 - cambridge.org
The first isolated and well-preserved phalanx (autopodial element) of a generically and
specifically indeterminate (probably xenopsarian) plesiosaur from the Maastrichtian type …

A non-aristonectine plesiosaur from Antarctica reveals new data on the mandibular symphysis of elasmosaurids

JP O'Gorman, P Bona, M de los Reyes… - Alcheringa: An …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Elasmosaurids are one of the most abundant fossil marine reptile groups identified from the
Upper Cretaceous strata of Antarctica. However, the documented record of intact …

The first non-aristonectine elasmosaurid (Sauropterygia; Plesiosauria) cranial material from Antarctica: New data on the evolution of the elasmosaurid basicranium …

JP O'Gorman, RA Coria, M Reguero, S Santillana… - Cretaceous …, 2018 - Elsevier
Elasmosaurids are a monophyletic group of cosmopolitan plesiosaurs with extremely long
necks. Although abundant elasmosaurid material has been collected from the Upper …

The Albian-Cenomanian transition in a shelf-basin transect: Biostratigraphy, sedimentology and paleontology of Jebel Mghila, Central Tunisia

JL Latil, E Jaillard, N Bardet, N Raisossadat… - Cretaceous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Twenty-two ammonite species are identified in the upper Albian Mortoniceras
(Subschloenbachia) rostratum, Mortoniceras (Subschloenbachia) perinflatum and …

Paleoenvironmental context and significance of a partial elasmosaurid skeleton from the Albian of Haute-Provence, France

P Vincent, AS Grosjean, D Bert, J Ferreira… - Cretaceous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Early–Late Cretaceous transition (late Albian–early Cenomanian;~ 100 Ma)
witnessed marked environmental changes and a deep reorganization of the marine fauna …

First record of a Lower Cretaceous (Hauterivian) plesiosaur from Chile

A Poblete-Huanca, M Suárez, D Rubilar-Rogers… - Cretaceous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Four vertebrae of a plesiosaur were recovered from the Katterfeld Formation of the Aysén
Basin, north of Lago General Carrera, in the Patagonian Cordillera of Chile. Plesiosaur …

Body reconstruction and size estimation of plesiosaurs

RJ Zhao - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Body size is the key to understanding many biological properties. Sizes of extinct animals
are usually estimated from body reconstructions since their masses can not be weighed …

A plesiosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) of Algora (Guadalajara Province, Central Spain)

N Bardet, M Segura, A Pérez-García - Cretaceous Research, 2018 - Elsevier
A new Plesiosauria specimen from the Cenomanian (early Late Cretaceous) of Algora
(Castilla-La-Mancha, Spain) is described here. It represents the first one found in this area …

CT-scan description of Alexandronectes zealandiensis (Elasmosauridae, Aristonectinae), with comments on the elasmosaurid internal cranial features

JP O'Gorman, RA Otero, N Hiller… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The holotype specimen of Alexandronectes zealandiensis is analyzed using digital
reconstruction based on CT scans. Additional information regarding internal anatomy or …

A new plesiosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) specimen from the Upper Cretaceous of West Antarctica, with comments on the ontogeny and morphological diversity of the …

CV Miller, JP O'Gorman, SW Salisbury, RA Coria… - Annals of Carnegie …, 2020 - BioOne
Although knowledge of Mesozoic marine reptiles from Antarctica has improved considerably
in recent years, associated and well-preserved skeletal material of these animals remains …