†Styxosaurus snowii Williston 1890 (elasmosaur)
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Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae
Alternative combinations: Cimoliasaurus snowii, Elasmosaurus snowii
Synonym: Alzadasaurus pembertoni Welles and Bump 1949
Full reference: S. W. Williston. 1890. Structure of the plesiosaurian skull. Science 16(405):262
Belongs to Styxosaurus according to F. R. O'Keefe 2001
See also Carpenter 1999, Welles 1962 and Welles and Bump 1949
Sister taxa: Styxosaurus browni, Thalassonomosaurus marshii, Hydralmosaurus serpentinus
Type specimens:
- Styxosaurus snowii: KUVP 1301, a skull (a skull and 28 cervical vertebrae). Its type locality is Hell Creek, which is in a Santonian marine horizon in the Niobrara Formation of Kansas.
- Alzadasaurus pembertoni: SDSM 451, a skeleton. Its type locality is West bank of Missouri River near Bailey Island, which is in a Campanian/Campanian marine shale/shale in the Pierre Shale Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (4: Kansas, South Dakota collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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