Kaiwhekea

Kaiwhekea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sauropterygia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Superordo: †Sauropterygia

Ordo: †Plesiosauria
Subordo: †Plesiosauroidea
Familia: †Elasmosauridae
Genus: †Kaiwhekea
Species (1): K. katiki

Name

• †Kaiwhekea Cruickshank & Fordyce, 2002

References

• Cruickshank, A.R.I.; Fordyce, R.E. 2002: A new marine reptile (Sauropterygia) from New Zealand: further evidence for a Late Cretaceous austral radiation of cryptoclidid plesiosaurs. Palaeontology, 45(3): 557–575. DOI: 10.1111/1475-4983.00249
• O'Keefe, F.R.; Street, H.P. 2009: Osteology of the cryptocleidoid plesiosaur Tatenectes laramiensis, with comments on the taxonomic status of the Cimoliasauridae. Journal of vertebrate paleontology, 29(1): 48–57. DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0118

Links

• †Kaiwhekea Cruickshank & Fordyce, 2002 (elasmosaur) – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.

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