Aristonectinae
Appearance
Aristonectinae | |
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Life restoration ofAristonectes parvidens | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
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.