Plesiosauria indet

O’Gorman, José Patricio & Otero, Rodrigo A., 2023, Revision of the short-necked Cretaceous plesiosaurians from New Zealand, Comptes Rendus Palevol 22 (6), pp. 77-90 : 86

Plesiosauria indet .

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MATERIAL. — NPC CD 462 , 463 , 464 , 465 , four isolated teeth .

LOCALITY AND HORIZON. — Mangahouanga Stream , a northern tributary of Te Hoe River , inland Hawke’s Bay, North Island ( Fig. 1), New Zealand. Maungataniwha Sandstone Member of the Tahora Formation. Upper Campanian-lower Maastrichtian ( Vajda & Raine 2010).

REMARKS

These teeth have their enamel with few well-marked striations, and the crown comparatively shorter and blunter than those typically observed in elasmosaurids such as Tuarangisaurus keyesi Wiffen & Moisley, 1986 holotype ( Wiffen & Moisley 1986: figs 1-3, 15, 16). The lack of distinctive dental traits the specimens are reffered to Plesiosauria indet.