Kaiwhekea ([ˌkaiˈfɛkɛa]) is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian age) of what is now New Zealand. The holotype was discovered...
transferred Brancasaurus, Kaiwhekea, Nichollssaura and Thililua to this family. However, Ketchum and Benson (2011) reassigned Kaiwhekea and Thililua to their...
than these belonging to Aristonectes and Kaiwhekea, taller than Aristonectes one, but lower than those of Kaiwhekea. An articular surface of a temporomandibular...
the Katiki Formation, and the site of the discovery of the plesiosaur Kaiwhekea katiki. It is also the location of the oldest characterised ignimbrite...
geologic formation of the South Island of New Zealand. Plesiosaur remains of Kaiwhekea katiki, named after the formation, are among the fossils that have been...
Elasmosauridae. It includes the Late Cretaceous plesiosaurs Aristonectes and Kaiwhekea, traditionally grouped with the Late Jurassic Tatenectes and Kimmerosaurus...
its discoverer, Annie Montague Alexander by Samuel Paul Welles. †Kaiwhekea †Kaiwhekea katiki 70–69 Ma Katiki Formation, Otago, South Island, New Zealand...
members of the group were reclassified as other kinds of plesiosauroids. Kaiwhekea was reclassified to Leptocleididae, and Aristonectes was transferred to...
back ending in an accessory back facet (only shared by Morenosaurus and Kaiwhekea), among other traits. It was about 6.5 m (21 ft) long. Vegasaurus is known...
Hemisphere–Morturneria from Antarctica, Aristonectes from South America, and Kaiwhekea from New Zealand–indicates a diversification of the family in the Late...
geographical area that appeared after the isolation of Antarctica), as in Kaiwhekea. The root of complete teeth is slightly longer than the crown. The dentition...
The family is made up of Tatenectes, Kimmerosaurus, Aristonectes, and Kaiwhekea. This group was formerly known as the Cimoliasauridae, but since Cimoliasaurus...
Tatenectes and Kimmerosaurus and the Late Cretaceous Aristonectes and Kaiwhekea. Berezin (2011) considered Abyssosaurus to represent the first reliable...
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