A New Species of Elasmosaur from the Aptian of Colombia and a Review of the Cretaceous Plesiosaurs |
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agilis Alzadasaurus Anita shale anteriorly Aust basal bicolor Bramlette and Riedel Bramlette and Sullivan Brancasaurus brehus centra centrum Chiphragmalithus Cimoliasaurus cingulum Coccolithus Colombian form coracoids Cretaceous crossed nicols Darling Downs Deflandre and Fert diagnostic Discoaster Discoasteroides Discolithus distal view Dolichorhynchops Dorcopsis Dorcopsulus dorsal elasmosaur Ellipsolithus epipodials facet faunule feet femur foramen foraminiferal foraminifers forelink fossil nannoplankton genus Geol groove humerus Hypotype incisor indices labial late Pleistocene lateral length lingual Lodo Lodo formation Lydekker Macropodinae Macropus Mallory mandible Martini maxillary Media Agua Creek Micrantholithus midline mimas molars Muraenosaurus Museum nomen vanum based occlusal Owen Paleocene pectoral pectrum plate Plesiosaurus pliosaurian Pliosaurus Polycotylus posterior cervicals posteriorly Prionotemnus Protemnodon proximal view pterygoid Queensland Rhabdosphaera ridgelets samples sandstone scapulae shale skeleton skull slightly species specimens Sthenurus stratigraphically Sullivan Pl surface suture teeth text-figs transverse Trinacromerum type Lodo U. C. loc upper ventral vertebrae Wallabia Wellington Caves Ynezian Zygodiscus Zygolithus