Plesiosauria indet.

O’Gorman, José Patricio & Otero, Rodrigo A., 2023, Revision of the short-necked Cretaceous plesiosaurians from New Zealand, Comptes Rendus Palevol 22 (6), pp. 77-90 : 83-84

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/cr-palevol2023v22a6

publication LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AB8DCA69-9BE5-44F1-877D-0E65F73B7186

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14224656

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0A1587CB-FFBF-7544-8805-F92FFE8F297C

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scientific name

Plesiosauria indet.
status

 

Plesiosauria indet.

( Fig. 4A, C)

Plesiosaurus holmesi – Hector 1874: 344.

Polycotylidae indet . Welles & Gregg 1971: 44.

MATERIAL. — CM Zfr 33 , a sacral centrum .

LOCALITY AND HORIZON. — Waipara River , South Island, New Zealand. Conway Formation, Maastrichtian ( Wilson et al. 2005; Fig. 1).

REMARKS

This specimen was regarded as a paralectotype of “ Plesiosaurus holmesi ” Hector, 1874 (nomen dubium), and considered as an indeterminate polycotylid byWelles & Gregg (1971). The sacral features of the specimen preclude a referral to polycotylids or elasmosaurids. Therefore, it is here considered as an indeterminate plesiosaurian.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Plesiosauria

Family

Undetermined

Loc

Plesiosauria indet.

O’Gorman, José Patricio & Otero, Rodrigo A. 2023
2023
Loc

Polycotylidae indet

WELLES S. & GREGG D. R. 1971: 44
1971
Loc

Plesiosaurus holmesi

HECTOR J. 1874: 344
1874
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