Archaeonectrus
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Archaeonectrus is an extinct genus of pliosaur from the Early Jurassic (Sinemurian) of what is now southeastern England. The type species is Archaeonectrus (originally "Plesiosaurus") rostratus, first named by Sir Richard Owen in 1865, which was moved to its own genus by N.I. Novozhilov in 1964. It was a relatively small plesiosaur, measuring 3.4–3.67 m (11.2–12.0 ft) long.[1][2]
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Archaeonectrus | |
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Holotype specimen NHMUK PV OR 38525 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Family: | †Rhomaleosauridae |
Genus: | †Archaeonectrus Novozhilov, 1964 |
Type species | |
†Archaeonectrus rostratus Owen, 1865 |
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