Reptilia - Sauropterygia - Elasmosauridae

Full reference: T. Kubo, M. T. Mitchell, and D. M. Henderson. 2012. Albertonectes vanderveldei, a new elasmosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Alberta. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(3):557-572

Parent taxon: Elasmosauridae according to T. Kubo et al. 2012

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

Subtaxa: Albertonectes vanderveldei

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Type: Albertonectes vanderveldei

Ecology: aquatic carnivore