Archaeonectrus
Extinct genus of reptiles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
| Archaeonectrus Temporal range: Early Jurassic, | |
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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 | |
Classification
The cladogram below shows Archaeonectrus phylogenetic position among other plesiosaurs, following Benson et al. (2012).[3]
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