References
Reference
Sachs, Sven (2005) Tuarangisaurus australis sp. nov. (plesiosauria: elasmosauridae) from the Lower Cretaceous of northeastern Queensland, with additional notes on the phylogeny of the Elasmosauridae; Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 50(2), pp.425-440
Tuarangisaurus australis sp. nov. (plesiosauria: elasmosauridae) from the Lower Cretaceous of northeastern Queensland, with additional notes on the phylogeny of the Elasmosauridae
Principal Author
Sven Sachs
Header
Academic paper
Journal
Memoirs of the Queensland Museum
Volume
50
Issue
2
Pages
425-440
Abstract
The skull and associate cervical vertebrae of an elasmosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of northeastern Queensland are described as a new species of Tuarangisaurus, Tuarangisaurus australis. They represent the oldest record of that genus and the first secure outside New Zealand. A phy logenetic analysis based on 19 characters of the skull and cervical vertebrae is undertaken. One tree is presented, including all valid members of the Elasmosauridae for which sufficient cranial material is known. The results give an example for the interrelationship of the Elasmosauridae and show the probable position of Tuarangisaurus.
Keywords
lesiosauria, Elasmosauridae, Tuarangisaurus, Lower Cretaceous, Albian, Queensland.
Language
English