Genus
Valid Extinct

Fluvionectes

Campbell et al. 2021

Fluvionectes is a genus of elasmosaurid plesiosaur found in the Dinosaur Park Formation in Alberta, Canada.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
6
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
Fluvionectes
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Fluvionectes sloanae TMP2009.37.68 (Campbell et al., 2021). (A) Recovered skeletal and gastrolith material with the gastroliths arranged in a grid at the lower right. (B) Full complement of gastroliths removed from inside the rib cage of TMP2009.37.68 during preparation. This view is an enlargement of the gastrolith grid seen in (A). Source credit: Sue Sabrowski, Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology. © Donald M. Henderson · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Plesiosauria Order
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Plesiosauroidea Superfamily
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Elasmosauridae Family
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Fluvionectes Genus
Fossil sites 6 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
6
Geological formations
Dinosaur Park
6
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
6
Species (1)
Fluvionectes sloanae 84 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
J. A. Campbell, M. T. Mitchell, and M. J. Ryan, J. S. Anderson. 2021. A new elasmosaurid (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauria) from the non-marine to paralic Dinosaur Park Formation of southern Alberta, Canada. PeerJ 9:e10720:1-44 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
J. A. Campbell, M. T. Mitchell, and M. J. Ryan, J. S. Anderson. 2021. A new elasmosaurid (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauria) from the non-marine to paralic Dinosaur Park Formation of southern Alberta, Canada. PeerJ 9:e10720:1-44 DOI ↗