Hastanectes
| Hastanectes Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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Life restoration
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Family: | †Pliosauridae |
| Genus: | †Hastanectes Benson et al., 2012 |
| Type species | |
| †Hastanectes valdensis (
Lydekker, 1889 [originally Cimoliasaurus valdensis]) | |
Hastanectes is an
pliosaurid affinities known from the Early Cretaceous Wadhurst Clay Formation (Valanginian stage) of the United Kingdom. It contains a single species, Hastanectes valdensis, which was originally thought to be a species of Cimoliasaurus.[1]
See also
References
- S2CID 18562271.