Alexandronectes

Alexandronectes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sauropterygia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Superordo: †Sauropterygia

Ordo: †Plesiosauria
Subordo: †Plesiosauroidea
Familia: †Elasmosauridae
Genus: †Alexandronectes
Species: †A. zealandiensis

Name

• †Alexandronectes Otero, O’Gorman, Hiller, O’Keefe & Fordyce, 2016: 2

Type species: †Alexandronectes zealandiensis Otero, O’Gorman, Hiller, O’Keefe & Fordyce, 2016, by original designation and monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Otero, R.O., O’Gorman, J.P., Hiller, N., O’Keefe, F.R. & Fordyce, R.E. 2016. Alexandronectes zealandiensis gen. et sp. nov., a new aristonectine plesiosaur from the lower Maastrichtian of New Zealand. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(2): e1054494. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2015.1054494 Reference page. 

Links

• †Alexandronectes Otero et al., 2016 (elasmosaur) – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.

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