Name - Elasmosaurus platyurus Cope 1868

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1413107 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Elasmosaurus platyurus

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Recent Publications

• Elasmosaurid remains from the Pierre Shale (Upper Cretaceous) of western Kansas: possible missing elements of the type specimen of Elasmosaurus platyurus Cope 1868?
• Redescription of Elasmosaurus platyurus Cope 1868 (Plesiosauria: Elasmosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous (Lower Campanian) of Kansas, U.S.A.
• Postscript to Everhart, M.J. 2005. "Elasmosaurid remains from the Pierre Shale (Upper Cretaceous) of western Kansas. Possible missing elements of the type specimen of Elasmosaurus platyurus Cope 1868?" - PalArch's Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology 4, 3:19-32.
• Use of archival photographs to rediscover the locality of the Holyrood elasmosaur (Ellsworth County, Kansas).
• A NEW ELASMOSAURID (SAUROPTERYGIA, PLESIOSAURIA) FROM THE BEARPAW SHALE (LATE CRETACEOUS, MAASTRICHTIAN) OF MONTANA DEMONSTRATES MULTIPLE EVOLUTIONARY REDUCTIONS OF NECK LENGTH WITHIN ELASMOSAURIDAE.

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