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Chubutinectes carmeloi

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Elasmosauridae

Taxonomy
Chubutinectes carmeloi was named by O'Gorman et al. (2023). Its type specimen is MPEF-PV 5232, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Puesto Los Colorados, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the La Colonia Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Chubutinectes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Chubutinectes carmeloi O'Gorman et al.

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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
superfamilyPlesiosauroideaWelles 1943
familyElasmosauridaeCope 1869
genusChubutinectes
speciescarmeloi

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.

†Chubutinectes carmeloi O'Gorman et al. 2023
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. P. O'Gorman et al. 2023Elasmosaurid characterised by the following combination of features: middle cervical centra longer than high with lateral keel and bilobate articular faces; at least twenty-two dorsal vertebrae; approximately (24) caudal centra; posterior cervical, pectoral and anterior dorsal centra with bilobate articular faces; coracoids with closed cordiform fenestra and long anterior coracoid process; high ratio coracoids/scapular length; ilium with angled shaft; pubis with small lateral cornua; humerus with posterior expansion ending in accessory facet; epipodial facets of humerus almost aligned; epipodial elements wider than long; epipodial foramen
short and elliptical; accessory ossification between tibia and tibial and radius and radial.
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: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Chubutinectes carmeloi (type locality: 231295)