Zarafasaura information

Zarafasaura; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Mounted skeleton (above), Wyoming Dinosaur Center
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	†Sauropterygia
Order:	†Plesiosauria
Family:	†Elasmosauridae
Genus:	†Zarafasaura; Vincent et al., 2011
Species:	†Z. oceanis
Binomial name
	†Zarafasaura oceanis; Vincent et al., 2011

Zarafasaura is an extinct genus of elasmosaurid known from the Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco.^[1] As a relatively small elasmosaur, it would have measured around 3–4 metres (9.8–13.1 ft) long and weighed about 100 kilograms (220 lb).^[2]^[3]

^ Peggy Vincent; Nathalie Bardet; Xabier Pereda Suberbiola; Baâdi Bouya; Mbarek Amaghzaz; Saïd Meslouh (2011). "Zarafasaura oceanis, a new elasmosaurid (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Maastrichtian Phosphates of Morocco and the palaeobiogeography of latest Cretaceous plesiosaurs". Gondwana Research. 19 (4): 1062–1073. Bibcode:2011GondR..19.1062V. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2010.10.005.
^ Cooper, S.L.A.; Marson, K.J.; Smith, R.E.; Martill, D. (2022). "Contrasting preservation in pycnodont fishes reveals first record of regurgitalites from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Moroccan phosphate deposits". Cretaceous Research. 131 (4). 105111. Bibcode:2022CrRes.13105111C. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.105111.
^ Paul, Gregory S. (2022). The Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Sea Reptiles. Princeton University Press. p. 116. doi:10.1515/9780691241456. ISBN 9780691193809.

[Zarafasaura-1] Peggy Vincent; Nathalie Bardet; Xabier Pereda Suberbiola; Baâdi Bouya; Mbarek Amaghzaz; Saïd Meslouh (2011). "Zarafasaura oceanis, a new elasmosaurid (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Maastrichtian Phosphates of Morocco and the palaeobiogeography of latest Cretaceous plesiosaurs". Gondwana Research. 19 (4): 1062–1073. Bibcode:2011GondR..19.1062V. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2010.10.005.

[2] Cooper, S.L.A.; Marson, K.J.; Smith, R.E.; Martill, D. (2022). "Contrasting preservation in pycnodont fishes reveals first record of regurgitalites from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Moroccan phosphate deposits". Cretaceous Research. 131 (4). 105111. Bibcode:2022CrRes.13105111C. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2021.105111.

[3] Paul, Gregory S. (2022). The Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Sea Reptiles. Princeton University Press. p. 116. doi:10.1515/9780691241456. ISBN 9780691193809.

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List of vertebrate fauna of the Maastrichtian stage

Marambionectes

Nothosaurus

Franconiasaurus

Liopleurodon

Elasmosauridae

Attenborosaurus

Plesiosaurus

Mosasaurus

Placodus

Martinectes

Thalassophonea

Polycotylidae

Nothosaur

Futabasaurus

Styxosaurus

Dolichorhynchops

Chusaurus

Pliosauroidea

Pachypleurosauria

Cryptoclidus

Unktaheela

Atopodentatus

Kronosaurus

Pliosauridae

Cryptoclididae