Lusonectes is a poorly known microcleidid the Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) of Portugal. It is known from a single holotype specimen (MG33), a partial skull in the Museu Geológico, Lisbon, Portugal. It was described and named by Smith et al. (2012) as the first diagnostic plesiosaur species from Portugal, and the westernmost occurrence of a plesiosaur in Europe. The genus name...