Aristonectinae

Aristonectinae
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Life restoration of Aristonectes parvidens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Superorder:†Sauropterygia
Order:†Plesiosauria
Family:†Elasmosauridae
Clade:†Aristonectinae
Otero et al., in press

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] In recent years, multiple specimens were collected in Angola.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Araújo, R., Polcyn M. J., Lindgren J., Jacobs L. L., Schulp A. S., Mateus O., Gonçalves O. A., & Morais M. - L. (2015). New aristonectine elasmosaurid plesiosaur specimens from the Early Maastrichtian of Angola and comments on paedomorphism in plesiosaurs. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences. FirstView, 1–16., 2


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