Wapuskanectes
| Wapuskanectes Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, | |
|---|---|
| Specimen TMP2012.50.1 with gastroliths | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Family: | †Elasmosauridae |
| Genus: | †Wapuskanectes Druckenmiller & Russell, 2006 |
| Species: | †W. betsynichollsae |
| Binomial name | |
| †Wapuskanectes betsynichollsae Druckenmiller & Russell, 2006 | |
Wapuskanectes is an extinct genus of early elasmosaurid known from Alberta, Canada, in the Albian aged Wabiskaw member of the Clearwater Formation.
Wapuskanectes is the oldest North American elasmosaurid to date, at around 112 million years old.