Terminonatator ponteixensis Sato 2003 (elasmosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae

Full reference: T. Sato. 2003. Terminonatator ponteixensis, a new elasmosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Saskatchewan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(1):89-103

Belongs to Terminonatator according to T. Sato 2003

See also O'Gorman 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: RSM P2414.1, a skeleton (skull, partly disarticulated vertebral column, incomplete pectoral and pelvic girdles, fore- and hind limbs, disarticulated ribs and gastralia, and gastroliths). Its type locality is Notukeu Creek (14 m), which is in a Campanian marine shale in the Bearpaw Shale Formation of Canada.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Notukeu Creek (14 m)

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