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Avalonnectes arturi

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Rhomaleosauridae

Taxonomy
Avalonnectes arturi was named by Benson et al. (2012) [urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:27A8C8C1-5F02-4​61E-9778-2DB9E2645061]. Its type specimen is AGT uncatalogued (Alfred Gillett Trust, Street, Somerset, UK), a skeleton (the posterior portion of the skull, and a partial postcranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Street (general), which is in a Hettangian shallow subtidal limestone/shale in the Blue Lias Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Avalonnectes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Avalonnectes arturi Benson et al. fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderPlesiosauriade Blainville 1835
familyRhomaleosauridaeNopcsa 1928
genusAvalonnectes
speciesarturi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Avalonnectes arturi Benson et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. B. J. Benson et al. 2012Small-bodied basal rhomaleosaurid (trunk length = 735 mm) with 18–19 dorsal vertebrae, a low, autapomorphic number
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2009-07-20 06:05:48
Modified: 2011-08-12 01:58:15
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Hettangian or 201.30000 to 196.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (England) Avalonnectes arturi (type locality: 119083)