Definition of Elasmosaurid. Meaning of Elasmosaurid. Synonyms of Elasmosaurid

- alongside Polycotylidae. The earliest elasmosaurids were mid-sized, about 6 m (20 ft). In the Late Cretaceous, elasmosaurids grew as large as 11.5–12 m (38–39 ft)...
- the first recognized member of this group of long-necked plesiosaurs. Elasmosaurids were well adapted for aquatic life, and used their flippers for swimming...
- (meaning "Marambio Island swimmer") is an extinct genus of weddellonectian elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous López de Bertodano Formation of Antarctica...
- + Gr****: σαῦρος, romanized: sauros "lizard") is an extinct genus of elasmosaurid known from New Zealand. The type and only known species is Tuarangisaurus...
- Calvo-Marcilese, Lydia; Pérez Panera, Juan Pablo (2023-08-10). "A new elasmosaurid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the upper levels of the La Colonia...
- 4–9.2 metres (21–30 ft) in length. It can be distinguished from other elasmosaurids by the following characteristics: there is a long distance between the...
- Hydrotherosaurus (meaning "fisherman lizard") is an extinct genus of elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian stage) Moreno Formation...
- Eromangasaurus is an extinct genus of elasmosaurid known from northern Queensland of Australia. Eromangasaurus was first named by Benjamin P. Kear in 2005...
- Chubutinectes (meaning "Chubut swimmer") is an extinct genus of elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous La Colonia Formation of Argentina. The...
- Albertonectes is an extinct genus of elasmosaurid plesiosaur known from the Late Cretaceous (middle upper Campanian stage) Bearpaw Formation of Alberta...