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''Woolungasaurus glendowerensis'' ('Glendower's Woolunga lizard', named after an Aboriginal mythical reptile, Persson 1960) is a plesiosaur, an extinct marine reptile, belonging to the Elasmosauridae. The type species ''Woolungasaurus glendowerensis'', named by Per Ove Persson in 1960,〔Persson, P.O., 1960, "Lower Cretaceous Plesiosaurians (Reptilia) from Australia", ''Lunds Universitets Arsskrift'' 56(12): 1-23〕 is known from a partial skeleton, holotype QM F6890, (forty-six vertebrae, ribs, forearms, shoulder girdle and part of the rear limbs) unearthed from the Wallumbilla Formation (Albian, Lower Cretaceous) of the Richmond District, Queensland, Australia. The specific name refers to Glendower Station. Another find of undetermined species, consisting of twelve vertebrae, was unearthed from the Maree Formation (Cretaceous, of uncertain age) of Neale's River, near Lake Eyre, South Australia. In addition a skull from Yamborra Creek, near Maxwelltown, Queensland, described by Persson in 1982 has been referred to ''Woolungasaurus''. ''Woolungasaurus'' appears to have been a typical elasmosaur, with forty sharp teeth and an estimated length of about 9.5 metres. Persson (1982) believes it to be closely related to the North American elasmosaur ''Hydralmosaurus''. The genus was referred to ''Styxosaurus'' by Sven Sachs in 2004.〔Sachs, S., 2004, "Redescription of ''Woolungasaurus glendowerensis'' (Plesiosauria: Elasmosauridae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Northeast Queensland", ''Memoirs of the Queensland Museum'' 49(2): 713-731〕 ==See also== * List of plesiosaur genera * Timeline of plesiosaur research 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Woolungasaurus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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