Albertonectes was a plesiosaur, a type of marine reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it coexisted with many dinosaurs. Albertonectes lived during the Late Cretaceous and resided in North America. The first Albertonectes fossil was discovered in 2012.
Quick facts about Albertonectes:
- Existed from Campanian Age to 70.6 million years ago
- Lived in a marine environment
- Was a carnivore
- Reproduced by live birth
- Only one specimen has been found by paleontologists
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Albertonectes was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- T. Kubo and M. T. Mitchell. 2012. Albertonectes vanderveldei, a new elasmosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Alberta. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(3):557-572
