Species
Valid Extinct

Aristonectes quiriquinensis

Otero et al. 2014

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
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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Aristonectes Genus
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Aristonectes quiriquinensis Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇱 Chile
2
Geological formations
Quiriquina
2
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
2
Bibliography
Original description
R. A. Otero, S. Soto-Acuña, and F. R. O.'Keefe, J. P. O.'Gorman, W. Stinnesbeck, M. E. Suárez, D. Rubilar-Rogers, C. Salazar, L. A. Quinzio-Sinn. 2014. Aristonectes quiriquinensis sp. nov., a new highly derived elasmosaurid from the upper Maastrichtian of central Chile. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(1):100-125 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
R. A. Otero, J. P. O'Gorman, and N. Hiller. 2015. Reassessment of the upper Maastrichtian material from Chile referred to Mauisaurus Hector, 1874 (Plesiosauroidea: Elasmosauridae) and the taxonomical value of the hemispherical propodial head among austral elasmosaurids. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 58(3):252-261 DOI ↗
R. A. Otero, S. Soto-Acuña, and F. R. O.'Keefe, J. P. O.'Gorman, W. Stinnesbeck, M. E. Suárez, D. Rubilar-Rogers, C. Salazar, L. A. Quinzio-Sinn. 2014. Aristonectes quiriquinensis sp. nov., a new highly derived elasmosaurid from the upper Maastrichtian of central Chile. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(1):100-125 DOI ↗