Marmornectes
Sign in to saveMarmornectes is a genus of pliosaurid known from the Middle Jurassic of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom.
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- Parent taxon
- Pliosauridae
- Named after
- marble
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Marmornectes
- location of discovery
- Bedfordshire
- start time
- 164700000-
- end time
- 163500000-
- taxonomic type
- Marmornectes candrewi
- Commons category
- Marmornectes
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Marmornectes is a genus of pliosaurid known from the Middle Jurassic of Bedfordshire, United Kingdom.
==Etymology== Marmornectes was first named by Hilary F. Ketchum and Roger B. J. Benson in 2011 and the type species is Marmornectes candrewi. The generic name is derived from marmor, Latin for "marble", and nectes, Greek for "swimmer", thus the meaning is "marble-swimmer". The specific name honors Chris Andrew for finding the only known specimen and donating it to Bedford Museum in 1998.
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