Species
Valid Extinct

Aristonectes parvidens

Cabrera 1941

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
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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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Aristonectes Genus
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Aristonectes parvidens Species
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
2
🇦🇶 Antarctica
1
Geological formations
Lefipán
1
Lopez de Bertodano
1
Allen
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
3
Bibliography
Original description
A. Cabrera. 1941. Un plesiosaurio nuevo del Cretáceo del Chubut. Revista del Museo de La Plata 2(8):113-130
Bibliography (2)
J. P. O'Gorman, Z. Gasparini, and L. Salgado. 2013. Postcranial morphology of Aristonectes (Plesiosauria, Elasmosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia and Antarctica. Antarctic Science 25(1):71-82 DOI ↗
Z. Gasparini, N. Bardet, and J. E. Martin, M. Fernandez. 2003. The elasmosaurid plesiosaur Aristonectes Cabrera from the latest Cretaceous of South America and Antarctica. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(1):104-115 DOI ↗