Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae

Full reference: A. R. I. Cruickshank and R. E. Fordyce. 2002. A new marine reptile (Sauropterygia) from New Zealand: further evidence for a Late Cretaceous Austral radiation of cryptoclidid plesiosaurs. Palaeontology 45(3):557-575

Parent taxon: Weddellonectia according to J. P. O'Gorman et al. 2019

See also Benson and Druckenmiller 2014, Cruickshank and Fordyce 2002, Ketchum and Benson 2010, Ketchum and Benson 2011, O'Gorman 2019, O'Keefe 2004, Otero et al. 2015 and Otero et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Aphrosaurus, Aristonectinae, Futabasaurus, Kawanectes, Marambionectes, Morenosaurus, Tuarangisaurus, Vegasaurus

Subtaxa: Kaiwhekea katiki

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Shag Point (Cretaceous of New Zealand)

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