Martinectes bonneri Adams 1997

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Polycotylidae

Alternative combinations: Dolichorhynchops bonneri, Trinacromerum bonneri

Full reference: 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

Belongs to Martinectes according to R. O. Clark et al. 2024

See also Adams 1997 and O'Keefe 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: KUMNH 40002, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Johnson Ranch, Redbird, which is in a Campanian/Campanian marine horizon in the Pierre Shale Formation of Wyoming.

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (3: South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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