Vegasaurus molyi O'Gorman et al. 2015 (elasmosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae

Full reference: J. P. O'Gorman, L. Salgado, E. B. Olivero and S. A. Marenssi. 2015. Vegasaurus molyi, gen. et sp. nov. (Plesiosauria, Elasmosauridae), from the Cape Lamb Member (lower maastrichtian) of the Snow Hill Island Formation, Vega Island, Antarctica, and remarks on Wedellian Elasmosauridae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(3):e931285:1-21

Belongs to Vegasaurus according to J. P. O'Gorman et al. 2019

See also O'Gorman 2016, O'Gorman 2019, O'Gorman and Fernández 2017 and O'Gorman et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MLP 93-I-5-1, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Cape Lamb (200 m), which is in a Maastrichtian offshore mudstone in the Snow Hill Island Formation of Antarctica.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cape Lamb (200 m)

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