Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae
Synonym: Turneria Chatterjee and Small 1989
Full reference: A. Cabrera. 1941. Un plesiosaurio nuevo del Cretáceo del Chubut. Revista del Museo de La Plata 2(8):113-130
Parent taxon: Aristonectinae according to J. P. O'Gorman et al. 2019
See also Benson and Druckenmiller 2014, Brown 1981, Cabrera 1941, Carroll 1988, Chatterjee and Creisler 1994, Chatterjee and Small 1989, Gasparini et al. 2003, Ketchum and Benson 2010, O'Gorman 2016, O'Gorman 2016, O'Gorman 2019, O'Gorman et al. 2013, O'Gorman et al. 2019, Otero 2024, Otero and O'Gorman 2013, Otero et al. 2015, Otero et al. 2012, Otero et al. 2014, Otero et al. 2015, Persson 1963, Sepkoski 2002 and Welles 1962
Sister taxa: Alexandronectes, Mauisaurus, Mauisaurus haasti, Morturneria, Tuarangisaurus cabazai, Wunyelfia
Subtaxa: Aristonectes parvidens Aristonectes quiriquinensis
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (4 collections), Argentina (2), Chile (4)
Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences
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