Cardiocorax mukulu Araújo et al. 2015 (elasmosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae

Full reference: R. Araújo, M. J. Polcyn, A. S. Schulp, O. Mateus, L. L. Jacobs, A. O. Olímpio Gonçalves, and M.-L. Morais. 2015. A new elasmosaurid from the early Maastrichtian of Angola and the implications of girdle morphology on swimming style in plesiosaurs. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences — Geologie en Mijnbouw 94(1):109-120

Belongs to Cardiocorax according to M. P. Marx et al. 2021

See also Araújo et al. 2015 and O'Gorman 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MGUAN PA103, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Bentiaba, just above Bench 19, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the Mocuio Formation of Angola.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Angola (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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