Nichollssaura
Sign in to saveNichollssaura is an extinct genus of leptocleidid plesiosaur from the Early Cretaceous Boreal Sea of North America. The type species is N. borealis, found in the early Albian age Clearwater Formation near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.
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Vinony files it under Clearwater Formation, Early Cretaceous plesiosaurs of North America and Fossils of Alberta.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Parent taxon
- Leptocleididae
- Named after
- Elizabeth Nicholls
- Image
- Nichollssaura Royal Tyrrell 3.jpg
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- Nichollssaura
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- Nichollssaura
- start time
- 110000000-
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Nichollssaura is an extinct genus of leptocleidid plesiosaur from the Early Cretaceous Boreal Sea of North America. The type species is N. borealis, found in the early Albian age Clearwater Formation near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.
== Taxonomy == The fossil, named after paleontological curator Dr. Betsy Nicholls, originally was named Nichollsia borealis but Nichollsia was already in use (preoccupied) by a genus of isopods. Thus, the original authors proposed Nichollssaura as a replacement generic name in 2009.
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