Kawanectes lafquenianum
Sign in to saveKawanectes (meaning "Kawas swimmer") is an extinct genus of elasmosaurid plesiosaur, a type of long-necked marine reptile, that lived in the marginal marine, probably estuarine, environment of Late Cretaceous Patagonia. The genus contains a single species, Kawanectes lafquenianum, described in 2016 by José P. O'Gorman.
Wikidata facts
- Length
- 3.8
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- taxon name
- Kawanectes
- taxon rank
- genus
- location of discovery
- Allen Formation
- start time
- 72000000-0
- Commons category
- Kawanectes
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