Albertonectes Kubo et al. 2012 (elasmosaur)

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

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at 150 metres south of St. Mary River, near Lethbridge (Cretaceous of Alberta)

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