Species
Valid Extinct

Martinectes bonneri

(Adams 1997)

No Wikipedia summary available.

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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Polycotylidae Family
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Polycotylinae Subfamily
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Dolichorhynchia Unranked clade
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Martinectes Genus
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Martinectes bonneri Species
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
3
Geological formations
Pierre Shale
2
Taylor Marl
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
3
Bibliography
Original description
D. A. Adams. 1997. Trinacromerum bonneri, new species, last and fastest pliosaur of the Western Interior Seaway. Texas Journal of Science 49(3):179-198
Bibliography (2)
R. O. Clark, F. R. O'Keefe, and S. E. Slack. 2024. A new genus of small polycotylid plesiosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway and a clarification of the genus Dolichorhynchops. Cretaceous Research 157:105812:1-35 DOI ↗
D. A. Adams. 1997. Trinacromerum bonneri, new species, last and fastest pliosaur of the Western Interior Seaway. Texas Journal of Science 49(3):179-198