†Nakonanectes Serratos et al. 2017 (elasmosaur)
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Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae
Full reference: D. J. Serratos, P. Druckenmiller, and R. B. J. Benson. 2017. A new elasmosaurid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Bearpaw Shale (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian) of Montana demonstrates multiple evolutionary reductions of neck length within Elasmosauridae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(2):e1278608
Parent taxon: Elasmosaurinae according to J. P. O'Gorman 2019
See also Serratos et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Albertonectes, Hydrotherosaurus, Styxosaurus, Terminonatator, Elasmosaurus
Subtaxa: Nakonanectes bradti
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Nakonanectes-type locality (Cretaceous of Montana)
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