- the
dubious Clidastes liodontus. The "Courtenay
elasmosaur", also
known as the "Puntledge
River elasmosaur", is an
informal name
given to an elasmosaurid...
-
Cretaceous elasmosaurs.
University of
California Publications in
Geological Sciences 29:46-144. figs. 1-25. Welles, S. P. 1962. A new
species of
elasmosaur from...
- Elasmosauridae,
often called elasmosaurs or elasmosaurids, is an
extinct family of
plesiosaurs that
lived from the
Hauterivian stage of the
Early Cretaceous...
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Elasmosaurs recorded from
Tahora Formation Genus Species Member/Location
Material Description Image Mauisaurus M.
haasti Multiple skeletal remains. An...
-
American elasmosaurs from the
Cretaceous of the
western interior". Paludicola. 2 (2): 148–173. Cicimurri, D. J.; Everhart, M. J. (2001). "An
elasmosaur with...
- hdl:11336/79718. ISSN 0272-4634. Gasparini, Z.; Del Valle, F.; Goñi, R. (1984). "An
elasmosaur (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) of the
Upper Cretaceous in the Antarctic". Contribuciones...
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Albertonectes marks a new
record in both neck and
total body
length among known elasmosaurs, at 11.2
metres (37 ft) in
postcranial body
length (11.6
metres (38 ft)...
- Everhart, M. J. (2002). "Where the
elasmosaurs roamed".
Prehistoric Times. 53: 24–27. Everhart, M.J. 2005. "Where the
Elasmosaurs roamed,"
Chapter 7 in Oceans...
- penguin-like
polycotylid plesiosaurs (3
meters long) and huge long-necked
elasmosaurs (13
meters long) also diversified.
These predators fed on the numerous...
- in
forms with very long necks.
Another study found the long
necks of
elasmosaurs would normally increase drag
during forward swimming but this was cancelled...
