Avalonnectes arturi Benson et al. 2012 (plesiosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Rhomaleosauridae

Full reference: R. B. J. Benson, M. Evans, and P. S. Druckenmiller. 2012. High diversity, low disparity and small body size in plesiosaurs (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Triassic–Jurassic boundary. PLoS ONE 7(3):e31838

Belongs to Avalonnectes according to R. B. J. Benson et al. 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AGT uncatalogued (Alfred Gillett Trust, Street, Somerset, UK), a skeleton (the posterior portion of the skull, and a partial postcranial skeleton). Its type locality is Street (general), which is in a Hettangian shallow subtidal limestone/shale in the Blue Lias Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Street (general)

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