Hastanectes valdensis Lydekker 1889 (plesiosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Leptocleididae

Alternative combinations: Cimoliasaurus valdensis, Cimoliosaurus valdensis, Plesiosaurus valdensis

Full reference: R. Lydekker. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia, Part II. Containing the orders Ichthyopterygia and Sauropterygia

Belongs to Hastanectes according to R. B. J. Benson et al. 2013

See also Ketchum 2011, Koken 1905, Lydekker 1889 and Welles 1962

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH R609, a set of vertebrae (cervical, dorsal and caudal vertebrae). Its type locality is Hastings, unspecified, which is in a Valanginian lacustrine - small horizon in the Wadhurst Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection), the United Kingdom (5)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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