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Aristonectinae is a
subfamily of
plesiosaurs in the
family Elasmosauridae. It
includes the Late
Cretaceous plesiosaurs Aristonectes and Kaiwhekea, traditionally...
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anatomical features of
Mauisaurus were also
found amongst both
aristonectines and non-
aristonectine elasmosaurs,
excluding them from
being able to be used as...
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between 17 and 19 in the
dentary bones (the main part of the
lower jaw).
Aristonectines teeth are more
numerous but are
considerably smaller,
having a homodont...
- Antarctica: New
information on
elasmosaurid body size
diversity and
aristonectine evolutionary scenarios".
Cretaceous Research. 102: 37–58. Bibcode:2019CrRes...
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between basal aristonectines, such as
Kimmerosaurus and
Tatenectes (both no
longer considered aristonectines) and
derived aristonectines, such as Aristonectes...
- Sciences. 29 (3): 47–144. O'Gorman, J. P. (2016). "A
Small Body
Sized Non-
Aristonectine Elasmosaurid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Late Cretaceous...
- Antarctica: New
information on
elasmosaurid body size
diversity and
aristonectine evolutionary scenarios".
Cretaceous Research. 102: 37–58. Bibcode:2019CrRes...
- 2003; however, it was most
recently re****igned to an
indeterminate aristonectine. In 2017, a
complete specimen (CM Zfr 115),
originally belonging to...
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plesiosaur research O'Gorman, J.P. (2016). "A
Small Body
Sized Non-
Aristonectine Elasmosaurid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Late Cretaceous...
- P. O'Gorman, R. A. Otero, and N. Hiller. 2014. A new
record of an
aristonectine elasmosaurid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the
Upper Cretaceous...
