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(en) José P. O'Gorman, Karen M. Panzeri, Marta S. Fernández, Sergio Santillana, Juan J. Moly et Marcelo Reguero, « A new elasmosaurid from the upper Maastrichtian López de Bertodano Formation: new data on weddellonectian diversity », Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, vol. 42, no 4, , p. 575-586 (ISSN0311-5518, DOI10.1080/03115518.2017.1339233, Bibcode2018Alch...42..575O, lire en ligne [PDF])
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(en) Maria Zammit, Christopher B. Daniels et Benjamin P. Kear, « Elasmosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) neck flexibility: Implications for feeding strategies », Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, vol. 150, no 2, , p. 124-130 (PMID17933571, DOI10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.09.004, S2CID25209664, lire en ligne [PDF])
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(en) José P. O'Gorman, Karen M. Panzeri, Marta S. Fernández, Sergio Santillana, Juan J. Moly et Marcelo Reguero, « A new elasmosaurid from the upper Maastrichtian López de Bertodano Formation: new data on weddellonectian diversity », Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, vol. 42, no 4, , p. 575-586 (ISSN0311-5518, DOI10.1080/03115518.2017.1339233, Bibcode2018Alch...42..575O, lire en ligne [PDF])
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(en) Per O. Persson, « A revision of the classification of the Plesiosauria with a synopsis of the stratigraphical and geographical distribution of the group », Lunds Universitets Arsskrift, vol. 59, no 1, , p. 1-59 (lire en ligne [archive du ] [PDF], consulté le )
(en) Samuel P. Welles, « A new species of elasmosaur from the Aptian of Colombia and a review of the Cretaceous plesiosaurs », University of California Publications in the Geological Sciences, vol. 44, , p. 1-96 (ISBN978-0-598-20148-5, OCLC5734397, lire en ligne [archive du ] [PDF])
(en) Oliver Wings, « A review of gastrolith function with implications for fossil vertebrates and a revised classification », Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, vol. 52, no 1, , p. 1-16 (lire en ligne [archive du ] [PDF], consulté le )
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(en) Samuel P. Welles, « A new species of elasmosaur from the Aptian of Colombia and a review of the Cretaceous plesiosaurs », University of California Publications in the Geological Sciences, vol. 44, , p. 1-96 (ISBN978-0-598-20148-5, OCLC5734397, lire en ligne [archive du ] [PDF])