Alexeyisaurus karnoushenkoi Sennikov and Arkhangelsky 2010 (elasmosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae

Full reference: A. G. Sennikov and M. S. Arkhangelsky. 2010. On a typical Jurassic sauropterygian from the Upper Triassic of Wilczek Land (Franz Josef Land, Arctic Russia). Paleontological Journal 44(5):567-572

Belongs to Alexeyisaurus according to A. G. Sennikov and M. S. Arkhangelsky 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SGU no. 104a/36 (= PMGRE n. 3658), a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Wilczek Land, which is in a Norian coastal siltstone in the Wilczek Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Wilczek Land

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