Here we report on a newly collected, well-preserved vertebral centrum of a plesiosaur from the type area of the Maastrichtian Stage in southern Limburg. The specimen is interpreted as a caudal vertebra that originated from an osteologically immature or juvenile individual, as evidenced by the position of the pedicular facets, the presence of a notochord pit and the absence of fused neural arches. It adds to the meagre record of sauropterygians in the area.
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Abstracts of the 9th World Chinese Conference of Geological Science Changchun, China, 1 to 2, June 2019
CHENG Xin, Renan A. M. BANTIM, Juliana M. SAYÃO, Alexander W. A.KELLNER, WANG Xiaolin, ZHANG Xinjun, AntÃnio Ã. F. SARAIVA (2019) The Identification of the Tapejarid Dorsal Vertebrate Number and its Implications for the Evolution of the Tapejaridae. Acta Geologica Sinica 93(z2):252 http://www.geojournals.cn/dzxben/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=2019endzxbz20149&flag=1