Eromangasaurus australis Sachs 2005 (elasmosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae

Alternative combination: Tuarangisaurus australis

Full reference: S. Sachs. 2005. Tuarangisaurus australis sp. nov. (Plesiosauria: Elasmosauridae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Northeastern Queensland, with additional notes on the phylogeny of the Elasmosauridae. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 50(2):425-440

Belongs to Eromangasaurus according to B. P. Kear 2007

See also O'Gorman 2019 and Sachs 2005

Sister taxon: Eromangasaurus carinognathus

Type specimen: QM F11050, a skull (Near-complete crushed skull and mandible)

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Yambore Creek (Cretaceous of Australia)

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