Leivanectes

Leivanectes
Temporal range: Late Aptian
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Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Order: Plesiosauria
Family: Elasmosauridae
Genus: Leivanectes
Páramo Fonseca et al., 2019
Species:
L. bernardoi
Binomial name
Leivanectes bernardoi
Páramo Fonseca et al., 2019

Leivanectes is a genus of plesiosaurs of the family Elasmosauridae known from Late Aptian marine deposits in central Colombia. It contains a single species, L. bernadoi, which was described in 2019.