Re: Zarafasaura and other marine reptile stuff

[David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

 > A. G. Sennikov and M. S. Arkhangelsky, 2010. On a typical Jurassic
>  sauropterygian from the Upper Triassic of Wilczek Land (Franz Josef
>  Land, Arctic Russia). Paleontological Journal 44 (5): 567-572. A new
>  elasmosaurid genus and species, Alexeyisaurus karnoushenkoi, from the
>  Lower-Middle Norian (Wilczek Formation) of the Upper Triassic of the
>  island of Wilczek Land (Franz Josef Land) is described based on an
>  incomplete skeleton. The new form combines characters of typical late
>  plesiosaurs and structural features unique to this form. It is
>  probably the earliest representative of typical late sauropterygians
>  (plesiosaurs).

A Triassic elasmosaurid???

A... Triassic... elasmosaurid???

Seriously?