Traskasaura
''Traskasaura'' (meaning "Trask lizard") is an extinct genus of Basal (phylogenetics), basal elasmosaurid plesiosaurs from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian age) Haslam Formation of British Columbia, Canada. The genus contains a Monotypic taxon, single species, ''Traskasaura sandrae'', known from three partial skeletons. It is the first elasmosaurid discovered in and named from British Columbia. Discovery and naming The ''Traskasaura'' fossil material was discovered in outcrops of the Haslam Formation (Nanaimo Group) on Vancouver Island of British Columbia, Canada. The first discovered specimen was found in November 1988 by Michael Trask and his daughter Heather on the bank of the Puntledge River near Courtenay, British Columbia, Courtenay. Supported by Grant (money), grants from the province of British Columbia, the specimen began to be excavated and studied by Trask with assistance from paleontologists Rolf Ludvigsen and Elizabeth Nicholls. More than 40 local volunteers also as ...
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