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Archaeonectrus rostratus

Species

A. rostratus

Author

(Owen, 1865)

Classification

Sauropterygia
Eosauropterygia
Eusauropterygia
Pistosauria
Plesiosauria
Pliosauroidea
Rhomaleosauridae
Archaeonectrus

Age

Sinemurian, Lower Jurassic

Type location

Charmouth, Dorset, England

Geological formation

Charmouth Mudstone Formation

Type specimen

BMNH 38525, complete articulated skeleton including skull preserved in dorsal view

Referred material

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Adam S. Smith. This site opened in June 2001 and was last updated in July 2023.

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The skeletons in the site header are (from left to right): Kronosaurus (Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge), Thalassomedon (American Museum of Natural History, New York), Cryptoclidus (Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow), Rhomaleosaurus (Natural History Museum, London), Dolichorhynchops (Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, Washington) and Thalassiodracon (Natural History Museum, London).

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