• Thumbnail for Elasmosauridae
    Elasmosauridae is an extinct family of plesiosaurs, often called elasmosaurs. They had the longest necks of the plesiosaurs and existed from the Hauterivian...
    36 KB (3,558 words) - 05:33, 26 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Elasmosaurus
    and bore a longitudinal crest or keel along the sides. The family Elasmosauridae was based on the genus Elasmosaurus, the first recognized member of...
    113 KB (12,424 words) - 16:34, 17 July 2024
  • (Plesiosauria: Elasmosauridae) from the Lower Cretaceous of northeastern Queensland, with additional notes on the phylogeny of the Elasmosauridae" (PDF). Memoirs...
    10 KB (859 words) - 09:08, 23 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Futabasaurus
    It was described and named in 2006, and was assigned to the family Elasmosauridae. The genus contains one species, F. suzukii. Futabasaurus has been estimated...
    7 KB (475 words) - 07:56, 18 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Woolungasaurus
    dubious genus of plesiosaur, an extinct marine reptile, belonging to the Elasmosauridae. The type species, Woolungasaurus glendowerensis, was named after Glendower...
    3 KB (276 words) - 12:19, 21 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Styxosaurus
    Styxosaurus is a genus of plesiosaur of the family Elasmosauridae. Styxosaurus lived during the Campanian age of the Cretaceous period. Three species are...
    16 KB (1,528 words) - 01:59, 24 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Aristonectes
    throughout its taxonomic history. In 1941, Cabrera classified it within the Elasmosauridae based on the shape of the cranial elements, which will prove to be correct...
    50 KB (5,259 words) - 18:53, 13 July 2024
  • result. The following cladogram shows the placement of Kaiwhekea within Elasmosauridae following an analysis by Rodrigo A. Otero, 2016: paleontology portal...
    6 KB (475 words) - 16:02, 9 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Albertonectes
    below follows their results, showing only the relationships within Elasmosauridae. paleontology portal Timeline of plesiosaur research List of plesiosaur...
    11 KB (1,061 words) - 23:34, 9 September 2024
  • ; Moisley, W. L. (April 1986). "Late Cretaceous reptiles (Families Elasmosauridae and Pliosauridae) from the Mangahouanga Stream, North Island, New Zealand"...
    10 KB (828 words) - 10:13, 21 September 2024
  • (Plesiosauria: Elasmosauridae) from the Lower Cretaceous of northeastern Queensland, with additional notes on the phylogeny of the Elasmosauridae" (PDF). Memoirs...
    6 KB (550 words) - 06:23, 21 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Plesiosaur
    Plesiosauridae than to the Pliosauridae. Later in the Early Cretaceous, the Elasmosauridae appeared; these were among the longest plesiosaurs, reaching up to fifteen...
    137 KB (13,378 words) - 22:44, 31 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Aristonectinae
    Aristonectinae is a subfamily of plesiosaurs in the family Elasmosauridae. It includes the Late Cretaceous plesiosaurs Aristonectes and Kaiwhekea, traditionally...
    2 KB (125 words) - 15:30, 7 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Polycotylidae
    indicate that they share many common features with the Leptocleididae and Elasmosauridae. They have been found worldwide, with specimens reported from New Zealand...
    10 KB (590 words) - 15:34, 21 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Marambionectes
    Class: Reptilia Superorder: †Sauropterygia Order: †Plesiosauria Family: †Elasmosauridae Clade: †Weddellonectia Genus: †Marambionectes Species: †M. molinai Binomial...
    7 KB (298 words) - 06:23, 21 May 2024
  • Elasmosauridae...
    36 KB (3,846 words) - 07:45, 16 October 2024
  • Marenssi (2015). "Vegasaurus molyi, gen. et sp. nov. (Plesiosauria, Elasmosauridae), from the Cape Lamb Member (lower Maastrichtian) of the Snow Hill Island...
    89 KB (724 words) - 06:19, 21 May 2024
  • Cimoliasauridae Cryptoclididae Cryptoclidus Microcleidus Muraenosaurus Elasmosauridae Elasmosaurus Futabasaurus Hydrotherosaurus Kimmerosaurus Libonectes...
    11 KB (807 words) - 08:44, 27 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Satsuma-utsunomiya-ryu
    cervical vertebrae, suggest that Satsuma-unomiya-ryu belongs to the Elasmosauridae and may represent a new species. It is the oldest member of the family...
    4 KB (442 words) - 15:00, 25 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Koleken
    O'Gorman (2020). "First record of Kawanectes lafquenianum (Plesiosauria, Elasmosauridae) from the La Colonia Formation of Argentina, with comments on the mandibular...
    9 KB (825 words) - 17:02, 5 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Plesiosauroidea
    Cryptoclidus), with a medium-long neck and somewhat stocky build; Elasmosauridae, with very long, flexible necks and tiny heads; and the Cimoliasauridae...
    21 KB (2,136 words) - 20:32, 30 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Nakonanectes
    complete. This included the skull, a part not often found intact in Elasmosauridae fossils. Other elements of the fossil included the anterior cervical...
    4 KB (353 words) - 13:51, 22 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event
    aforementioned mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, represented by the families Elasmosauridae and Polycotylidae, became extinct during the event. The ichthyosaurs...
    193 KB (21,217 words) - 18:24, 30 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Plesiosaurus
    Elasmosauridae...
    22 KB (2,222 words) - 00:00, 25 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Satoshi Utsunomiya
    Satsuma-utsunomiya-ryu in 2019. This thesis clarified that it is the oldest Elasmosauridae in East Asia. Furthermore, during the cleaning process of Satsumautsunomiyaryu...
    14 KB (1,270 words) - 05:13, 19 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pliosaurus
    Elasmosauridae...
    61 KB (7,019 words) - 19:31, 1 October 2024
  • described until 2024. Anapachydiscus (Menuites) cf. terminus Anomotodon sp. Elasmosauridae? indet. Hadrosauroidea indet. Hemipneustes striatoradiatus Hoploscaphites...
    4 KB (257 words) - 08:48, 7 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pliosauroidea
    Elasmosauridae...
    15 KB (1,325 words) - 20:33, 30 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Thalassomedon
    Its closest relative is Elasmosaurus, and both belong to the family Elasmosauridae. There are six specimens of varying states of preservation on display...
    4 KB (380 words) - 17:46, 13 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Kronosaurus
    Elasmosauridae...
    84 KB (9,372 words) - 22:17, 31 October 2024