Species
Valid Extinct

Libonectes morgani

(Welles 1949)

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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Euelasmosaurida Unranked clade
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Libonectes Genus
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Libonectes morgani Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
🇲🇦 Morocco
1
Geological formations
Britton
1
Akrabou
1
Temporal distribution
Turonian (93.9–89.8 Ma)
1
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
1
Synonyms (1)
Libonectes atlasense subjective synonym of Libonectes morgani
Bibliography
Original description
S. P. Welles. 1949. A new elasmosaur from the Eagle Ford Shale of Texas. Fondren Science Series 1:1-28
Bibliography (2)
M.-C. Buchy. 2005. An elasmosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) of Morocco. Carolinea 63:5-28
S. P. Welles. 1949. A new elasmosaur from the Eagle Ford Shale of Texas. Fondren Science Series 1:1-28