Genus
Valid Extinct

Opallionectes

Kear 2006

Opallionectes andamookaensis is the name given to a 5 m (16 ft) long cryptoclidian plesiosaur, which is thought to have lived during the early Cretaceous period, 115 million years ago, in shallow seas covering what is now Australia.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
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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Opallionectes Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇺 Australia
1
Geological formations
Bulldog Shale
1
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Opallionectes andamookaensis 120 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
B. P. Kear. 2006. Marine reptiles from the Lower Cretaceous of South Australia: elements of a high-latitude cold-water assemblage. Palaeontology 49(4):837-856 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
B. P. Kear. 2006. Marine reptiles from the Lower Cretaceous of South Australia: elements of a high-latitude cold-water assemblage. Palaeontology 49(4):837-856 DOI ↗