Genus
Valid Extinct

Sveltonectes

Fischer et al. 2011

Sveltonectes is an extinct genus of platypterygiine ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurs known from Ul'yanovsk region, western Russia.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ichtyosaures
Carnivore nektonic Marine
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Classification
Ichthyosauria Unranked clade
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Baracromia Unranked clade
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Ophthalmosauridae Family
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Platypterygiinae Subfamily
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Sveltonectes Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇷🇺 Russia
1
Temporal distribution
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Sveltonectes insolitus 126 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
V. Fischer, E. Masure, and M. S. Arkhangelsky, P. Godefroit. 2011. A new Barremian (Early Cretaceous) ichthyosaur from western Russia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(5):1010-1025 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
V. Fischer, E. Masure, and M. S. Arkhangelsky, P. Godefroit. 2011. A new Barremian (Early Cretaceous) ichthyosaur from western Russia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(5):1010-1025 DOI ↗