Lusonectes
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lusonectes (meaning "Portuguese swimmer") is an extinct genus of microcleidid plesiosaur from the Early Jurassic (Toarcian) São Gião Formation of Portugal.
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Lusonectes | |
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Holotype partial skull and explanatory drawings | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Family: | †Microcleididae |
Genus: | †Lusonectes Smith, Araújo & Mateus, 2012 |
Species: | †L. sauvagei |
Binomial name | |
†Lusonectes sauvagei Smith, Araújo & Mateus, 2012 | |
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