Lusonectes

Lusonectes
Temporal range: Early Jurassic, Toarcian
Holotype partial skull and explanatory drawings
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Order: Plesiosauria
Family: Plesiosauridae
Genus: Lusonectes
Smith, Araújo & Mateus, 2012
Species:
L. sauvagei
Binomial name
Lusonectes sauvagei
Smith, Araújo & Mateus, 2012

Lusonectes (meaning "Portuguese swimmer") is an extinct genus of microcleidid plesiosaur from the Early Jurassic (Toarcian) São Gião Formation of Portugal.