Aristonectinae
Aristonectinae is a clade of plesiosaurs in the family Elasmosauridae. It includes the Late Cretaceous plesiosaurs Aristonectes and Kaiwhekea, traditionally grouped with the Late Jurassic Tatenectes and Kimmerosaurus in the family Aristonectidae.[1]
Aristonectinae | |
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Life restoration of Aristonectes parvidens | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Family: | †Elasmosauridae |
Clade: | †Weddellonectia |
Clade: | †Aristonectinae O'Keefe and Street, 2009 |
Genera | |
References
- Otero, R. A.; Soto-Acuña, S.; Rubilar-Rogers, D. (2012). "A postcranial skeleton of an elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Maastrichtian of central Chile, with comments on the affinities of Late Cretaceous plesiosauroids from the Weddellian Biogeographic Province". Cretaceous Research. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2012.03.010.
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