Opallionectes andamookaensis
Sign in to saveOpallionectes 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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Within Vinony's link graph, Opallionectes andamookaensis is referenced by 234 other articles, and connects out to Elasmosauridae, Cryptoclididae and Plesiosauroidea.
It sits within the topics Aptian life, Cryptoclididae and Early Cretaceous plesiosaurs.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- 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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Elasmosauridae
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Cryptoclididae
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Plesiosauroidea
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Polycotylidae
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Nothosaur
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Pliosauridae
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Diapsid
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Sauropterygia
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Microcleidus
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Palmulasaurus
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Simosaurus
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Australia
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Animalia
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year
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Reptilia
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Chordata
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South Australia
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Wikidata
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fossil
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taxonomy
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Categories
Aptian lifeCryptoclididaeEarly Cretaceous plesiosaursEarly Cretaceous reptiles of AustraliaEnigmatic plesiosaur taxaFossils of AustraliaFossil taxa described in 2006OpalsPlesiosaurs of OceaniaSauropterygian generaTaxonbars of monotypic genera missing species on WikidataTaxonbars of monotypic genera missing species on Wikipedia