Vertebrata - Sauropterygia - Elasmosauridae

Full reference: P. S. Druckenmiller and A. P. Russell. 2006. A new elasmosaurid plesiosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Lower Cretaceous Clearwater Formation, Northeastern Alberta, Canada. Paludicola 5(4):184-199

Parent taxon: Elasmosauridae according to R. B. J. Benson and P. S. Druckenmiller 2013

Sister taxa: Albertonectes, Alexeyisaurus, Alzadasaurinae, Aristonectinae, Callawayasaurus, Callowayosaurus, Cimoliasaurus, Elasmosaurinae, Elasmosaurus, Eromangasaurus, Gronausaurus, Hydralmosaurus, Hydrotherosaurus, Leurospondylus, Libonectes, Mauisaurus, Scanisaurus, Stereosaurus, Styxosaurus, Terminonatator, Thalassiosaurus, Thalassomedon, Thalassonomosaurus, Tuarangisaurus, Zarafasaura, Morturneria

Subtaxa: Wapuskanectes betsynichollsae

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Type: Wapuskanectes betsynichollsae

Ecology: aquatic carnivore