Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae
Belongs to Styxosaurus according to R. A. Otero 2016
See also Carpenter 1999, Storrs 1999 and Welles 1962
Sister taxa: Styxosaurus snowii, Thalassonomosaurus marshii, Hydralmosaurus serpentinus
Type specimen: AMNH 5835, a partial skeleton (a laterally crushed skull, 75 vertebrae, ribs, the fragmented pectrum, one front limb, and numerous quartzite gastroliths of various sizes). Its type locality is Mule Creek, 15 miles west of Edgemont, which is in a Campanian marine shale in the Pierre Shale Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: South Dakota, Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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