New elasmosaurids (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the Late Cretaceous of the Magallanes Basin, Chilean Patagonia: Evidence of a faunal turnover during the Maastrichtian along the Weddellian Biogeographic Province

Several Upper Cretaceous plesiosaur specimens recovered from southernmost Chile are described here. These were collected from upper levels of the Dorotea Formation exposed on three different localities (Sierra Baguales, Cerro Castillo, and Dumestre). The new material includes the first record of Ari...

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Auteurs principaux: Otero,Rodrigo A, Soto-Acuña,Sergio, Salazar S,Christian, Oyarzún,José Luis
Langue:English
Publié: Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN) 2015
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