Avalonnectes arturi
Taxonavigation
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Cladus: Diapsida
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Archelosauria
Superordo: †Sauropterygia
Ordo: †Plesiosauria
Familia: †Rhomaleosauridae
Genus: †Avalonnectes
Species: Avalonnectes arturi
Name
- †Avalonnectes arturi Benson, Evans & Druckenmiller, 2012
- Holotype: NHMUK 14550, the posterior portion of the skull, and a partial postcranial skeleton.
- Type locality: Street, Somerset, UK (likely lowermost Hettangian).
- Etymology: Species epithet after Arthur Cruickshank (1932–2011), who with M. A. Taylor initiated the restudy of British Lower Jurassic plesiosaurians in the 1990s, and also as a reference to the legendary King Arthur of British folklore.
References
- Benson, Roger B. J., Mark Evans & Patrick S. Druckenmiller, 2012: High diversity, low disparity and small body size in plesiosaurs (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Triassic-Jurassic boundary. PLoS One, 7(3): e31838. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031838.
Links
- †Avalonnectes arturi Benson et al., 2012 (plesiosaur) – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.
