Species
Valid Extinct

Gondwananectes osvaldoi

Otero et al. 2026

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Plesiosauria Order
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Plesiosauroidea Superfamily
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Gondwananectes Genus
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Gondwananectes osvaldoi Species
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇱 Chile
1
Geological formations
Quehuita
1
Temporal distribution
Bajocian (170.9–168.2 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
R. A. Otero, S. S. Acuña, and A. O. Vargas, J. Rojas, H. Ortiz, G. Aguirrezabala. 2026. A new Middle Jurassic marine reptile from Gondwana clarifies the origin of Cryptoclidia, the most successful group of plesiosaurs. Papers in Palaeontology 12(2) DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
R. A. Otero, S. S. Acuña, and A. O. Vargas, J. Rojas, H. Ortiz, G. Aguirrezabala. 2026. A new Middle Jurassic marine reptile from Gondwana clarifies the origin of Cryptoclidia, the most successful group of plesiosaurs. Papers in Palaeontology 12(2) DOI ↗