†Albertonectes Kubo et al. 2012 (elasmosaur)
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Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae
Full reference: T. Kubo, M. T. Mitchell, and D. M. Henderson. 2012. Albertonectes vanderveldei, a new elasmosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Alberta. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(3):557-572
Parent taxon: Elasmosaurinae according to J. P. O'Gorman 2019
See also Kubo et al. 2012 and Otero 2016
Sister taxa: Hydrotherosaurus, Nakonanectes, Styxosaurus, Terminonatator, Elasmosaurus
Subtaxa: Albertonectes vanderveldei
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at 150 metres south of St. Mary River, near Lethbridge (Cretaceous of Alberta)
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