CENTRAL CHILE

BIOBIO REGION

NORTHERN QUIRIQUINA ISLAND

LAS TABLAS BAY

QUIRIQUINA FORMATION

CARDIUM (BAUCARDIUM) ACUTICOSTATUM ZONE

LATE MAASTRICHTIAN STAGE

UPPER SENONIAN SUBEPOCH

UPPER GULF EPOCH

LATE CRETACEOUS

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904

INFRACLASS: EURYAPSIDA COLBERT, 1945

SUPERORDER: SAUROPTERYGIA OWEN 1860

GRANDORDER: EOSAUROPTERYGIA emend RIEPPEL, 1994

ORDER: PLESIOSAURIA OWEN, 1840 NON BLAINVILLE, 1835

SUBORDER: PLESIOSAURIA OWEN, 1840 NON BLAINVILLE, 1835

INFRAORDER: PLESIOSAUROMORPHA NOVA

EUPLESIOSAURIA O’KEEFE, 2001

Superfamily: ELASMOSAUROIDEA nova

Family: ELASMOSAURIDAE Cope, 1869

Mauisaurus sp

Subfamily: ARISTONECTINAE O'Keefe & Street, 2009

Gen. sp. indet.

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CHILE

VIII REGION

ISLA QUIRIQUINA

QUIRIQUINA FORMATION

MAASTRICHTIAN STAGE

UPPERMOST SENONIAN SUBEPOCH

UPPER UPPER GULF EPOCH

LATE CRETACEOUS

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: REPTILIA LAURENTI, 1768

SUBCLASS: DIAPSIDA OSBORN, 1904

INFRACLASS: EURYAPSIDA COLBERT, 1945

SUPERORDER: SAUROPTERYGIA OWEN 1860

GRANDORDER: EOSAUROPTERYGIA emend RIEPPEL, 1994

ORDER: PLESIOSAURIA OWEN, 1840 NON BLAINVILLE, 1835

SUBORDER: PLESIOSAURIA OWEN, 1840 NON BLAINVILLE, 1835

INFRAORDER: PLESIOSAUROMORPHA NOVA

EUPLESIOSAURIA O’KEEFE, 2001

Superfamily: ELASMOSAUROIDEA nova

Family: ELASMOSAURIDAE Cope, 1869

Incertae sedis

Gen. sp. indet.

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