Genus
Valid Extinct

Alexandronectes

Otero et al. 2016

Alexandronectes is a genus of elasmosaurid plesiosaur, a type of long-necked marine reptile, that lived in the oceans of Late Cretaceous New Zealand. It contains one species, A. zealandiensis. Fossils of Alexandronectes were found in the Conway Formation of Canterbury, which can be dated to the Early Maastrichtian stage of the Cretaceous. Fossils of it were found around 1872 near the Waipara River, north of Christchurch, New Zealand.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
Alexandronectes
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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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Weddellonectia Unranked clade
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Aristonectinae Subfamily
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Alexandronectes Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇳🇿 New Zealand
1
Geological formations
Conway
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Alexandronectes zealandiensis 84 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
R. A. Otero, J. P. O'Gorman, and N. Hiller, F. R. O.'Keefe, R. E. Fordyce. 2016. Alexandronectes zealandiensis gen. et sp. nov., a new aristonectine plesiosaur from the lower Maastrichtian of New Zealand. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(2):e1054494:1-14 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
R. A. Otero, J. P. O'Gorman, and N. Hiller, F. R. O.'Keefe, R. E. Fordyce. 2016. Alexandronectes zealandiensis gen. et sp. nov., a new aristonectine plesiosaur from the lower Maastrichtian of New Zealand. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(2):e1054494:1-14 DOI ↗