Genus
Valid Extinct

Leivanectes

Páramo-Fonseca et al. 2019

Leivanectes is a genus of plesiosaurs of the family Elasmosauridae known from Late Aptian marine deposits in central Colombia. It contains a single species, L. bernadoi, which was described in 2019.

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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Leivanectes Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇴 Colombia
1
Geological formations
Paja
1
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Leivanectes bernardoi 120 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
M. E. Páramo-Fonseca, J. P. O'Gorman, and Z. Gasparini, S. Padilla, M. L. Parra-Ruge. 2019. A new late Aptian elasmosaurid from the Paja Formation, Villa de Leiva, Colombia. Cretaceous Research 99:30-40 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
M. E. Páramo-Fonseca, J. P. O'Gorman, and Z. Gasparini, S. Padilla, M. L. Parra-Ruge. 2019. A new late Aptian elasmosaurid from the Paja Formation, Villa de Leiva, Colombia. Cretaceous Research 99:30-40 DOI ↗