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Fluvionectes
Taxonomy
Fluvionectes was named by Campbell et al. (2021). Its type is Fluvionectes sloanae.
It was assigned to Elasmosauridae by Campbell et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Elasmosauridae by Campbell et al. (2021).
Species
F. sloanae (type species)
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2021 | Fluvionectes Campbell et al. p. 7 |
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G. †Fluvionectes Campbell et al. 2021
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†Fluvionectes sloanae Campbell et al. 2021
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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J. A. Campbell et al. 2021 | Elasmosaurid possessing a boomerang-shaped clavicular arch with an acute anterior process, convex anterolateral margin, posterior margin with a deep embayment on either side, and a pronounced ventral keel, 22 dorsal vertebrae, and anterior dorsal centra with a ventral notch. Other manifest character states include: posterior cervical vertebra with high dorsoventral aspect; three pectoral vertebrae; five sacral vertebrae; scapula with an elongate dorsal ramus; coracoid with an open (non-enclosed) cordiform intercoracoid fenestra; pubis with an anterolateral embayment; and a postaxial supernumerary epipodial facet on the humerus. |
Measurements
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Reference: Kiessling 2004 |
Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Elasmosauridae indet. (188996) F. sloanae (219546) | |
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Cimoliasaurus magnus (142128) Elasmosauridae indet. (142127) F. sloanae (219192 219543) |