†Sachicasaurus Páramo-Fonseca et al. 2018 (plesiosaur)
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Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Pliosauridae
Full reference: M. E. Páramo-Fonseca, C. D. Benavides-Cabra, and I. E. Gutiérrez. 2018. A new large pliosaurid from the Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) of Sáchica, Boyacá, Colombia. Earth Sciences Research Journal 22(4):223-238
Parent taxon: Brachaucheninae according to M. E. Páramo-Fonseca et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Brachauchenius, Discosaurus, Kronosaurus, Luskhan, Megacephalosaurus
Subtaxa: Sachicasaurus vitae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Vereda Arrayan (Cretaceous of Colombia)
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