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Libonectes morgani
Reference
Welles, Samuel P. (1949) A new elasmosaur from the Eagle Ford Shale of Texas- Part I; University press in Dallas southern Methodist University. Fondren Sci. Ser., 1(1), pp.1-28
Etymology
for Charles Gill Morgan, who obtained and prepared the specimen.
Fossils
 
Catalogue No
Collection
Specimen
SMUSMP 69120
Shuler Museum of Paleontology, Southern Methodist University
Age
Turonian (Stage/Age)
Rock Unit
Britton Formation
Locality
Dallas County
 
ID record for SMUSMP 69120
Libonectes morgani
Holotype
Carpenter, Kenneth (1999) Revision of North American elasmosaurs from the Cretaceous of the Western Interior; Paludicila, 2(2), pp.148-173
Libonectes morgani
Holotype
Araújo, Ricardo and Polcyn, Michael J. (2013) A biomechanical analysis of the skull and adductor chamber muscles in the Late Cretaceous Plesiosaur Libonectes; Palaeontologia Electronica, http://palaeo-e(2:10A), pp.25