Martinectes was a plesiosaur, a type of marine reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it coexisted with many dinosaurs. Martinectes lived during the Late Cretaceous and resided in Asia, North America and Europe.
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Martinectes was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- L. D. Martin and J. T. Tate, Jr. 1967. A Hesperornis from the Pierre Shale. Proceedings of the 79th Annual Meeting, Nebraska Academy of Sciences
- D. A. Adams. 1997. Trinacromerum bonneri, new species, last and fastest pliosaur of the Western Interior Seaway. Texas Journal of Science 49(3):179-198
- F. R. O'Keefe. 2008. Cranial anatomy and taxonomy of Dolichorhynchops bonneri new combination, a polycotylid (Sauropteryga: Plesiosauria) from the Pierre Shale of Wyoming and South Dakota. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(3):664-676
