†Alexandronectes Otero et al. 2016 (elasmosaur)
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Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae
Full reference: R. A. Otero, J. P. O'Gorman, N. Hiller, F. R. O'Keefe, and R. E. Fordyce. 2016. Alexandronectes zealandiensis gen. et sp. nov., a new aristonectine plesiosaur from the lower Maastrichtian of New Zealand. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(2):e1054494:1-14
Parent taxon: Aristonectinae according to J. P. O'Gorman et al. 2021
See also O'Gorman 2019 and Otero et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Aristonectes, Mauisaurus, Mauisaurus haasti, Morturneria, Tuarangisaurus cabazai, Wunyelfia
Subtaxa: Alexandronectes zealandiensis
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Waipara River, M34/f1073 (Cretaceous of New Zealand)
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