Aristonectes was a plesiosaur, a type of marine reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it coexisted with many dinosaurs. Aristonectes lived during the Late Cretaceous and resided in South America. The first Aristonectes fossil was discovered in 1941.
Quick facts about Aristonectes:
- Existed from Campanian Age to 66 million years ago
- Lived in a marine environment
- Was a carnivore
- Reproduced by live birth
- 7 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Aristonectes was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- J. P. O'Gorman and Z. Gasparini. 2013. Postcranial morphology of Aristonectes (Plesiosauria, Elasmosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia and Antarctica. Antarctic Science 25(1):71-82
- M. E. Suarez and H. Cappetta. 2004. Sclerorhynchid teeth (Neoselachii, Sclerorhynchidae) from the Late Cretaceous of the Quiriquina Formatino, central Chile. Revista Geologica de Chile 31(1):89-103
- S. Chatterjee and B. J. Small. 1989. New plesiosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica. Origin and Evolution of the Antarctic Biota, Geological Society Special Publication 47:197-215
