薄板龙科(学名:Elasmosauridae)属于蛇颈龙亚目,是蛇颈龙类中最先进的一群,也是颈部最长的一群。薄板龙科生存于三叠纪晚期到白垩纪末期。牠们以鱼类及缺乏甲壳的头足类为主食。
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薄板龙科
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薄板龙
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无效状况
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科学分类
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界:
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动物界 Animalia
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门:
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脊索动物门 Chordata
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纲:
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爬行纲 Reptilia
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目:
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†蛇颈龙目 Plesiosauria
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演化支:
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†新蛇颈龙类 Neoplesiosauria
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亚目:
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†蛇颈龙亚目 Plesiosauroidea
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演化支:
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†浅隐龙类 Cryptoclidia
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演化支:
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†奇渔龙类 Xenopsaria
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科:
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†薄板龙科 Elasmosauridae Cope, 1825
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异名
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白垩龙科 Cimoliasauridae Persson, 1960
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薄板龙科中最早的成员体型很小,身长约3米。在白垩纪末期,薄板龙科的身长为14米,例如薄板龙。牠们的颈部是蛇颈龙类中最长的,拥有32到71节颈椎。薄板龙甚至有超过70个脊椎骨。薄板龙科的体重只有数公吨。
在1869年,爱德华·德林克·科普(Edward Drinker Cope)建立、命名薄板龙科,以容纳薄板龙属。
薄板龙科 Elasmosauridae下级分类如下:
Peggy Vincent; Nathalie Bardet; Xabier Pereda Suberbiola; Baâdi Bouya; Mbarek Amaghzaz; Saïd Meslouh. Zarafasaura oceanis, a new elasmosaurid (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Maastrichtian Phosphates of Morocco and the palaeobiogeography of latest Cretaceous plesiosaurs. Gondwana Research. 2011, 19 (4): 1062–1073. Bibcode:2011GondR..19.1062V. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2010.10.005.
O'Gorman, Jose P. Elasmosaurid phylogeny and paleobiogeography, with a reappraisal of Aphrosaurus furlongi from the Maastrichtian of the Moreno Formation. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 2020-03-13, 39 (5): e1692025. ISSN 0272-4634. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1692025 (英语).
Araújo, R., Polcyn M. J., Schulp A. S., Mateus O., Jacobs L. L., Gonçalves O. A., & Morais M. - L. (2015). A new elasmosaurid from the early Maastrichtian of Angola and the implications of girdle morphology on swimming style in plesiosaurs. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences. FirstView, 1–12., 1
O'Gorman, José P.; Coria, Rodolfo A. A new elasmosaurid specimen from the upper Maastrichtian of Antarctica: new evidence of a monophyletic group of Weddellian elasmosaurids. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 2016-09-21, 41 (2): 240–249. ISSN 0311-5518. doi:10.1080/03115518.2016.1224318 (英语).
O'Gorman, José P.; Carignano, Ana Paula; Calvo-Marcilese, Lydia; Pérez Panera, Juan Pablo. A new elasmosaurid (Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria) from the upper levels of the La Colonia Formation (upper Maastrichtian), Chubut Province, Argentina. Cretaceous Research. 2023-08-10, 152: 105674. ISSN 0195-6671. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105674 (英语).
O'Gorman, Jose P.; Canale, Juan I.; Bona, Paula; Tineo, David E.; Reguero, Marcelo; Cárdenas, Magalí. A new elasmosaurid (Plesiosauria: Sauropterygia) from the López de Bertodano Formation: new data on the evolution of the aristonectine morphology. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 2024-12-31, 22 (1). ISSN 1477-2019. doi:10.1080/14772019.2024.2312302 (英语).