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اوپالیونکتس
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Opallionectes andamookaensis (meaning "the opal swimmer from Andamooka") is the name given to a 5 m (16 ft) long cryptoclidian plesiosaur, which is thought to have lived during the early Cretaceous period (Lower middle Aptian), 115 million years ago, in shallow seas covering what is now Australia.

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Parent taxon
Plesiosauroidea
Length
5
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taxon name
Opallionectes
taxon rank
genus
start time
120000000-
end time
113000000-
Commons category
Opallionectes
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