Wapuskanectes is an extinct genus of early elasmosaurid known from Alberta, Canada, in the Albian aged Wabiskaw member of the Clearwater Formation.

[1] The generic name is derived from Wapuska, Cree language for "a body of water with whitecaps on it" and also it is the etymology of the Wabiskaw Member, in which the holotype was found, and nectes, Greek for "swimmer".

It was collected in the western side of the Syncrude Canada Ltd.'s open-pit oilsand mine (Syncrude Base Mine) near Ft. McMurray, from the Wabiskaw Member of the Clearwater Formation, dating to the earliest Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous, about 112 million years ago.

Additionally, there was no trace of the right forelimb, although this loss is interpreted to have occurred some time prior to the final burial of the animal in the early Cretaceous.

[2] Gastroliths in TMP 2012.50.1 could be seen poking out of the dorsal side of the body between the ribs, as after death it had come to rest on the seabed on its back.