Lusonectes

Lusonectes
Temporal range: Early Jurassic,
Holotype partial skull and explanatory drawings
Scientific 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.

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