Libonectes

Libonectes
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 93 Ma
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Skull SMNK PAL 3978
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: †Sauropterygia
Order: †Plesiosauria
Family: †Elasmosauridae
Genus: †Libonectes
Carpenter, 1997
Species:
†L. morgani
Binomial name
†Libonectes morgani
(Welles, 1949)
[originally Elasmosaurus]
Synonyms
  • Elasmosaurus morgani Welles, 1949
  • Libonectes atlasense Buchy, 2005
Holotype skull of Libonectes morgani

Libonectes is an extinct genus of sauropterygian reptile belonging to the plesiosaur order. It is known from specimens found in the Britton Formation of Texas (USA) and the Akrabou Formation of Morocco, which have been dated to the lower Turonian stage of the late Cretaceous period.[1]

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