Aristonectes parvidens

Post author:Adam S. Smith
Post published:02/08/2018
Post category:Species page

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Maresaurus

Post author:Adam S. Smith
Post published:22/07/2018
Post category:Genus page Plesiosauria Pliosauroidea Rhomaleosauridae

M. coccai (Gasparini 1997) type material: MOZ 4386 V articulated skull and mandible, atlas-axis and first cervical vertebrae. From the upper part of the Los Molles Formation, Cuyo Group, Emileia giebeli and Emileia multiformis subzone. Skull of Maresaurus in lateral, dorsal and ventral view. From Gasparini (1997)....

Aristonectes

Post author:Adam S. Smith
Post published:22/07/2018
Post category:Aristonectinae Elasmosauridae Genus page Plesiosauria Plesiosauroidea

Skull of Aristonectes in various aspects. From Gasparini et al. (2003).

The mysterious plesiosaur Aristonectes is notable for its mouthful of pin-like teeth. A special feeding guild, the ‘trap guild’, has been proposed to accommodate Aristonectes and other plesiosaurs with similar dentition (Chatterjee and Small 1989) such as Cryptoclidus, Kimmerosaurus, and Kaiwhekea. These plesiosaurs may have fed in a similar manner to the extant crabeater seal, using their sieve-like teeth to...