Name - Aristonectes

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1652801 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Aristonectes Cabrera 1941

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

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Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• A new record of Aristonectes (Plesiosauroidea, incertae sedis) from the late Cretaceous of the Quiriquina Formation, Cocholgue, Chile.
• Osteology of the cryptocleidoid plesiosaur Tatenectes laramiensis, with comments on the taxonomic status of the Cimoliasauridae.
• Identification of the first postcranial skeleton of Aristonectes Cabrera (Plesiosauroidea, Elasmosauridae) from the upper Maastrichtian of the south-eastern Pacific, based on a bivariate graphic analysis.
• Gastroliths associated with an Aristonectes specimen (Plesiosauria, Elasmosauridae), Lopez de Bertodano Formation (upper Maastrichtian) Seymour Island (Is. Marambio), Antarctic Peninsula.
• New elasmosaurids (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of the Magallanes Basin, Chilean Patagonia: Evidence of a faunal turnover during the Maastrichtian along the Weddellian Biogeographic Province.

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