Acamptonectes densus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ichthyosauria
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Ordo: †Ichthyosauria

Familia: †Ophthalmosauridae
Genus: †Acamptonectes
Species: †Acamptonectes densus

Name

Acamptonectes densus Fischer et al., 2012

Holotype: GLAHM 132855 (The Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK), a partial adult skeleton, including fragmentary skull roof, mandible, axial skeleton and scapular girdle; Paratypes: SNHM 1284-R, NHMUK R11185.

Type locality: Speeton area, North Yorkshire, UK.

Etymology: From Greek ‘akamptos’ and ‘nektes’, which means rigid swimmer and from Latin ‘densus’, wich means compact, tightly packed. This binomial refers to the robust and tightly fitting bones of the occiput and to the tightly interlocking cervical and dorsal centra.

References

Fischer, V., Maisch, M.W., Naish, D., Kosma, R. Liston, J., Joger, U., Krüger, F.J., Pérez, J.P, Tainsh, J., & Appleby, R.M., 2012. New ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurs from the European Lower Cretaceous demonstrate extensive ichthyosaur survival across the Jurassic–Cretaceous boundary. PLoS One, 7(1): e29234. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029234 . Reference page.