Aristonectinae
Aristonectinae is a clade of plesiosaurs in the family Elasmosauridae. It includes the Late Cretaceous plesiosaurs Aristonectes and Kaiwhekea, traditionally grouped with the Late Jurassic Tatenectes and Kimmerosaurus in the family Aristonectidae.[1]
| Aristonectinae Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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| Life restoration of Aristonectes parvidens | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Family: | †Elasmosauridae |
| Clade: | †Weddellonectia |
| Clade: | †Aristonectinae O'Keefe and Street, 2009 |
References
- Otero, R. A.; Soto-Acuña, S.; Rubilar-Rogers, D. (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. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2012.03.010.
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