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Libonectes
Extinct genus of reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Libonectes is an extinct genus of sauropterygian reptile belonging to the plesiosaur order. It is known from specimens found in the Britton Formation of Texas (USA) and the Akrabou Formation of Morocco, which have been dated to the lower Turonian stage of the late Cretaceous period.[1]
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Libonectes | |
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Skull SMNK PAL 3978 | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Family: | †Elasmosauridae |
Genus: | †Libonectes Carpenter, 1997 |
Species: | †L. morgani |
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†Libonectes morgani (Welles, 1949) [originally Elasmosaurus] | |
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