Species
Valid Extinct

Alexandronectes zealandiensis

Otero et al. 2016

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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Elasmosauridae Family
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Weddellonectia Unranked clade
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Aristonectinae Subfamily
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Alexandronectes Genus
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Alexandronectes zealandiensis Species
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇳🇿 New Zealand
1
Geological formations
Conway
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
R. A. Otero, J. P. O'Gorman, and N. Hiller, F. R. O.'Keefe, R. E. Fordyce. 2016. Alexandronectes zealandiensis gen. et sp. nov., a new aristonectine plesiosaur from the lower Maastrichtian of New Zealand. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(2):e1054494:1-14 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
R. A. Otero, J. P. O'Gorman, and N. Hiller, F. R. O.'Keefe, R. E. Fordyce. 2016. Alexandronectes zealandiensis gen. et sp. nov., a new aristonectine plesiosaur from the lower Maastrichtian of New Zealand. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(2):e1054494:1-14 DOI ↗