Leivanectes
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Leivanectes Temporal range: Late Aptian
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Family: | †Elasmosauridae |
Genus: | †Leivanectes Páramo Fonseca et al., 2019 |
Species: | †L. bernardoi
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Binomial name | |
†Leivanectes bernardoi Páramo Fonseca et. al., 2019
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Leivanectes is a genus of plesiosaurs of the family Elasmosauridae known from Late Aptian marine deposits in central Colombia. It contains a single species, L. bernadoi, which was described in 2019.
Description[]
Leivanectes differs from Callawayasaurus, which has been found in the same formation, in having fewer mandibular alveoli and a short mandibular symphysis with three alveoli (5 in Callawayasaurus).[1]
Distribution[]
Leivanectes remains have been found in the fossiliferous Paja Formation of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, which crops out near Villa de Leyva, also written as Villa de Leiva, Boyaca, Colombia. The genus name refers to Villa de Leiva.[1]
See also[]
- List of plesiosaur genera
- Timeline of plesiosaur research
References[]
- ^ a b A new late Aptian elasmosaurid from the Paja Formation, Villa de Leiva, Colombia. Cretaceous Research in press. _. Accessed 2019-03-09. ; ; ; , and . 2019.
Categories:
- Elasmosaurids
- Early Cretaceous plesiosaurs
- Early Cretaceous reptiles of South America
- Plesiosaurs of South America
- Cretaceous Colombia
- Fossils of Colombia
- Altiplano Cundiboyacense
- Paja Formation
- Fossil taxa described in 2019
- Taxa named by María Páramo
- Taxa named by Zulma Brandoni de Gasparini
- Sauropterygian genera