Alexandronectes Otero et al. 2016 (elasmosaur)

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

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Waipara River, M34/f1073 (Cretaceous of New Zealand)

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