Life restoration of Albertonectes vanderveldei. Based on Figure 2 of "Albertonectes vanderveldei, a new elasmosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Alberta" by Tai Kubo, Mark T. Mitchell, and Donald M. Henderson (Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(3): 557-572).
Their neck was larger than other types of plesiosaurs at around 23 feet long, making up more than half their total body length which was 38 feet long in size.
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