2002年,格列布·乌斯宾斯基(Gleb N. Uspensky)在俄罗斯西部乌里扬诺夫斯克地区斯特兰瑟乌鲁德尼克村(Slantsevy Rudnik)以北3公里(1.9英里)处的伏尔加河东岸发现一具呈三维状态保存的近完整上龙类骨骼。该地区的沉积物由深灰色的薄砂质页岩层及粉砂岩层构成,碳酸盐结节(英语:nodule (geology))嵌入其中。该骨骼是在g-5层位(英语:horizon (geology))中发现的。[2]标本发现后被编号为YKM 68344/1_262,并陈列于乌里扬诺夫斯克州地方志博物馆(I.A. Goncharov Ulyanovsk Regional Museum of Local Lore,缩写:YKM)。[1]
在肩带中,其它蛇颈龙类指向前方的乌喙骨前部突起,在主神龙身上则指向下方,从而垂直于骨骼其余部分。与其它海猎龙不同但类似薄板龙科的是,[11]肩胛刃较短,其垂直高度仅与从其基部到与乌喙骨的关节连接处纵向距离一样高。肱骨上的肱骨粗隆位于肱骨小头(英语:capitulum of the humerus)底部扩张部位上方。前鳍状肢的尺骨及桡骨很小,尺寸仅约等于后鳍状肢的跗骨,其中后者较长。与所有其它上龙科均不同的是,两块骨头接触的地方没有孔洞(上足孔)。腓骨比胫骨长很多,跗骨椎间体仅与腓骨接触而缺乏与胫骨的关节连接,与其它海猎龙类及大理石泳龙不同。[1]
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