Wapuskanectes

Druckenmiller and Russell 2006

Wapuskanectes est un genre fossile de plésiosaures dans la famille des Elasmosauridae.

Plage temporelle

Trias

Jurassique

Crétacé

Paléogène

Néogène

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

Occurrences PBDB

Groupe

Sauroptérygiens

Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marin

cliquer pour agrandir

A more complete specimen of Wapuskanectes betsynichollsae. TMP2012.50.1. (A) Dorsal view of the originally upside down remains recovered from north of the town of Fort McMurray, Alberta. The head and most of the neck were lost when intercepted by a grader during road construction. The right flipper was lost sometime in the Early Cretaceous prior to the final burial of the body. (B) The pelvic and abdominal regions of TMP2012.50.1 showing gastroliths (black arrows) within the body cavity that settled between the ribs of the inverted carcass and hint at a more substantial collection that is hidden inside the body cavity. Scale bars on body regions are 10 cm. Source credit: Sue Sabrowski, Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology. © Donald M. Henderson · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia

Légende en anglais — traduction française non disponible.

PBDB ↗ Wikipedia ↗

Classification

Sauropterygia Sous-ordre

›

Plesiosauria Ordre

›

Plesiosauroidea Superfamille

›

Elasmosauridae Famille

›

Wapuskanectes Genre

Sites de découverte 1 sites géolocalisés

Répartition

Principaux pays

🇨🇦 Canada

Formations géologiques

Clearwater

Distribution temporelle

Albien (113.2–100.5 Ma)

Espèces (1)

Wapuskanectes betsynichollsae 113 Ma

Images 1

Bibliographie

Description originale

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

Bibliographie (1)

Wapuskanectes

Signaler un problème