Cardiocorax
Name:
Cardiocorax
(Heart coracoid).
Phonetic: Kar-de-o-kor-ax.
Named By: R. Araújo, M. J. Polcyn, A.
S. Schulp, O. Mateus, L. L. Jacobs, A. O. Olímpio
Gonçalves & M.-L. Morais - 2015.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Sauropterygia, Plesiosauria, Elasmosauridae.
Species: C. mukulu (type).
Diet: Piscivore?
Size: Uncertain due to lack of remains.
Known locations: Angola - Mocuio Formation.
Time period: Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of two
individuals, mostly of the pelvic girdle, limbs and some vertebrae.
Cardiocorax
is a genus of elasmosaurid plesiosaur
that lived during the latest
stage of the Cretaceous. The fenestra (opening) between the
coracoid bones is heart-shaped, and is the inspiration for the name
which means ‘heart coracoid’.
Further reading
- A new elasmosaurid from
the early Maastrichtian of Angola and the implications of girdle
morphology on swimming style in plesiosaurs. - Netherlands Journal
of Geosciences - Geologie en Mijnbouw 94(1):109-120. -
R. Araújo, M. J. Polcyn, A. S. Schulp, O. Mateus,
L. L. Jacobs, A. O. Olímpio Gonçalves & M.-L.
Morais - 2015.
- The cranial anatomy and relationships of Cardiocorax mukulu
(Plesiosauria: Elasmosauridae) from Bentiaba, Angola. - PLOS ONE. 16
(8): e0255773. - Miguel P. Marx, Octávio Mateus, Michael J. Polcyn,
Anne S. Schulp, A. Olímpio Gonçalves & Louis L. Jacobs - 2021.
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