Luetkesaurus
Sign in to saveLuetkesaurus 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.
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Vinony files it under Fossil taxa described in 1883 and Late Cretaceous plesiosaurs of Europe.
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- Parent taxon
- Plesiosauria
- Named after
- Christian Frederik Lütken
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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.
==See also== List of plesiosaur genera Timeline of plesiosaur research
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