Species
Valid Extinct

Traskasaura sandrae

O’Keefe et al. 2025

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
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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Traskasaura Genus
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Traskasaura sandrae Species
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
3
Geological formations
Haslam
3
Temporal distribution
Santonian (85.7–83.6 Ma)
3
Bibliography
Original description
F. R. O’Keefe, E. Armour Smith, and R. O. Clark, R. A. Otero, A. Perella, P. Trask. 2025. A name for the Provincial Fossil of British Columbia: a strange new elasmosaur taxon from the Santonian of Vancouver Island. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 23(1):2489938 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
F. R. O’Keefe, E. Armour Smith, and R. O. Clark, R. A. Otero, A. Perella, P. Trask. 2025. A name for the Provincial Fossil of British Columbia: a strange new elasmosaur taxon from the Santonian of Vancouver Island. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 23(1):2489938 DOI ↗