Luetkesaurus

Luetkesaurus; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Superorder:	Sauropterygia
Order:	Plesiosauria
Genus:	Luetkesaurus
Species
	Luetkesaurus sp.(type) Kiprijanoff, 1883;

Luetkesaurus is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous of what is now the Kursk area of western Russia. Luetkesaurus was first named by V. Kiprijanoff in 1883, in honor of paleontologist and zoologist Christian Frederich Luetken; no type species has ever been designated. The genus is considered dubious, based on isolated teeth and vertebrae.

References[]

Benton, Michael J., Shishkin, Mikhail A., and Unwin, David M. (2003) The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia. Cambridge University Press, 733 pp ISBN 0-521-54582-X.