List of plesiosaur-bearing stratigraphic units explained

Group or FormationPeriodCountryNotes
Adaffa Formation[1]
Agardhfjellet Formation[2]
Agrio Formation[3] [4]
Akrabou Formation[5]
Allaru Mudstone Formation[6] [7]

Maaree Group/Bulldog Shale Formation

Rolling Downs Group/Griman Creek Formation
Rolling Downs Group/Toolebuc Formation
Rolling Downs Group/Wallumbilla Formation
Rolling Downs Group/Winton Formation
Strzelecki Group/Wonthaggi Formation
Toolebuc Formation
Wallumbilla Formation

References

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  2. Hurum, J.H., Nakrem, H.A., Hammer, Ø, Knutsen, E. M., Druckenmiller, P.S., Hryniewicz, K. & Novis, L.K.: An Arctic Lagerstätte – the Slotts- møya Member of the Agardhfjellet Formation (Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous) of Spitsbergen. Norwegian Journal of Geology, Vol 92, pp. 55-64. Trondheim 2012, ISSN 029-196X.
  3. Lazo . Dario G. . Cichowolski . Marcela . 2003 . First Plesiosaur Remains from the Lower Cretaceous of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina . Journal of Paleontology . 77 . 4 . 784–789 . 0022-3360.
  4. O'Gorman . José P. . Lazo . Dario G. . Luci . Leticia . Cataldo . Cecilia S. . Schwarz . Ernesto . Lescano . Marina . Aguirre-Urreta . María Beatriz . 2015-09-01 . New plesiosaur records from the Lower Cretaceous of the Neuquén Basin, west-central Argentina, with an updated picture of occurrences and facies relationships . Cretaceous Research . 56 . 372–387 . 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.04.004 . 0195-6671. 11336/92579 . free .
  5. Allemand . Rémi . Bardet . Nathalie . Houssaye . Alexandra . Vincent . Peggy . 2018-02-01 . New plesiosaurian specimens (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) of Goulmima (Southern Morocco) . Cretaceous Research . 82 . 83–98 . 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.09.017 . 0195-6671.
  6. Kear . Benjamin P. . 2003-06-01 . Cretaceous marine reptiles of Australia: a review of taxonomy and distribution . Cretaceous Research . 24 . 3 . 277–303 . 10.1016/S0195-6671(03)00046-6 . 0195-6671.
  7. Kear . Benjamin P. . 2016 . Cretaceous marine amniotes of Australia: perspectives on a decade of new research . Memoirs of Museum Victoria . 74 . 17–28.

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