| Archaeonectrus | |
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| Holotype specimen NHMUK PV OR 38525 | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Family: | †Rhomaleosauridae |
| Genus: | †Archaeonectrus Novozhilov, 1964 |
| Type species | |
| †Archaeonectrus rostratus Owen, 1865 | |
Archaeonectrus is anextinctgenus ofpliosaur from theEarly Jurassic (Sinemurian) of what is now southeasternEngland. Thetype species isArchaeonectrus (originally"Plesiosaurus")rostratus, first named by SirRichard Owen in 1865, which was moved to its own genus by N.I. Novozhilov in 1964. It was a relatively small plesiosaur, measuring 3.4–3.67 m (11.2–12.0 ft) long.[1][2]
Thecladogram below showsArchaeonectrus phylogenetic position among other plesiosaurs, following Bensonet al. (2012).[3]
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