Species
Valid Extinct

Nichollssaura borealis

Druckenmiller and Russell 2009

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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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Leptocleidia Unranked clade
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Leptocleididae Family
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Nichollssaura Genus
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Nichollssaura borealis Species
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
1
Geological formations
Clearwater
1
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Synonyms (1)
Nichollsia borealis replaced by Nichollssaura borealis
Bibliography
Original description
P. S. Druckenmiller and A. P. Russell. 2009. The new plesiosaurian genus Nichollssaura from Alberta, Canada: replacement name for the preoccupied genus Nichollsia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(1):276-276 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
P. S. Druckenmiller and A. P. Russell. 2008. Skeletal anatomy of an exceptionally complete specimen of a new genus of plesiosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Early Albian) of northeastern Alberta, Canada. Palaeontographica. Abteilung A: Palaeozoologie-Stratigraphie 283(1-3):1-33 DOI ↗