Here we report on a newly collected, well-preserved vertebral centrum of a plesiosaur from the type area of the Maastrichtian Stage in southern Limburg. The specimen is interpreted as a caudal vertebra that originated from an osteologically immature or juvenile individual, as evidenced by the position of the pedicular facets, the presence of a notochord pit and the absence of fused neural arches. It adds to the meagre record of sauropterygians in the area.
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Miedema, F., Schulp, A. S., Jagt, J. W. M., & Mulder, E. W. A. (2019). New plesiosaurid material from the Maastrichtian type area, the Netherlands. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 98. https://doi.org/10.1017/njg.2019.2
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