Aristonectinae
| Aristonectinae | |
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| Life restoration ofAristonectes parvidens | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Family: | †Elasmosauridae |
| Clade: | †Weddellonectia |
| Subfamily: | †Aristonectinae Oteroet al.,2012 |
| Genera | |
Aristonectinaeis asubfamilyofplesiosaursin the familyElasmosauridae.It includes theLate CretaceousplesiosaursAristonectesandKaiwhekea,traditionally grouped with theLate JurassicTatenectesandKimmerosaurusin the family Aristonectidae. They are distinguished by the fact that they have a very enlargedskullcompared to the width of the body, a moderately shortneckand more than 25teethin themaxilla.[1]
References
[edit]- ^Rodrigo A. Otero; Sergio Soto-Acuña; David Rubilar-Rogers (2012)."A postcranial skeleton of an elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Maastrichtian of central Chile, with comments on the affinities of Late Cretaceous plesiosauroids from the Weddellian Biogeographic Province".Cretaceous Research.37:89–99.Bibcode:2012CrRes..37...89O.doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2012.03.010.S2CID129841690.
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