Species
Valid Extinct

Wunyelfia maulensis

Otero and Soto-Acuña 2021

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Plesiosauria Order
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Plesiosauroidea Superfamily
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Elasmosauridae Family
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Weddellonectia Unranked clade
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Aristonectinae Subfamily
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Wunyelfia Genus
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Wunyelfia maulensis Species
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇱 Chile
1
Geological formations
Quiriquina
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
R. A. Otero and S. Soto-Acuña. 2021. Wunyelfia maulensis gen. et sp. nov., a new basal aristonectine (Plesiosauria, Elasmosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of central Chile. Cretaceous Research 118:104651 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
R. A. Otero and S. Soto-Acuña. 2021. Wunyelfia maulensis gen. et sp. nov., a new basal aristonectine (Plesiosauria, Elasmosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of central Chile. Cretaceous Research 118:104651 DOI ↗