Chubutinectes
Sign in to saveChubutinectes (meaning "Chubut swimmer") is an extinct genus of elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous La Colonia Formation of Argentina. The genus contains a single species, C. carmeloi, known from a partial skeleton and associated gastroliths.
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It sits within the topics Cretaceous Argentina, Elasmosauridae and Fossils of Argentina.
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Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Elasmosauridae
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- taxon name
- Chubutinectes
- taxon rank
- genus
- time period
- Late Cretaceous
- location of discovery
- Argentina
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- Discovery and naming
- Description
- Classification
- Paleoenvironment
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Chubutinectes (meaning "Chubut swimmer") is an extinct genus of elasmosaurid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous La Colonia Formation of Argentina. The genus contains a single species, C. carmeloi, known from a partial skeleton and associated gastroliths.
== Discovery and naming ==
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