Sveltonectes was an ichthyosaur, a type of marine reptile. Ichthyosaurs were not dinosaurs, despite living during the same era. Sveltonectes lived during the Early Cretaceous, with fossils found in Europe.

All the Sveltonectes illustrations below were collected from the internet. Enjoy and explore:

Sveltonectes was described by the following scientific paper(s):
  • V. Fischer, E. Masure, and M. S. Arkhangelsky, P. Godefroit. 2011. A new Barremian (Early Cretaceous) ichthyosaur from western Russia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(5):1010-1025