Marambionectes
Genus of elasmosaurid plesiosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marambionectes (meaning "Marambio Island swimmer") is an extinct genus of weddellonectian elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous López de Bertodano Formation of Antarctica. The genus contains a single species, M. molinai, known from a partial skeleton.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Family: | †Elasmosauridae |
Clade: | †Weddellonectia |
Genus: | †Marambionectes |
Species: | †M. molinai |
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†Marambionectes molinai O'Gorman et al., 2024 | |
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