- Borealonectes
Taxobox
name = "Borealonectes"
fossil_range =Middle Jurassic
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo =Plesiosauria
subordo =Pliosaur oidea
familia =Rhomaleosauridae
genus = "Borealonectes"
genus_authority=Sato and Wu, 2008
subdivision_ranks=Species
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*"B. russelli" Sato and Wu, 2008 (type)"Borealonectes" is a
genus of rhomaleosauridpliosaur oid, a type ofplesiosaur . Its fossils were found in theCallovian -age (Middle Jurassic , about 165-161 million years ago)Hiccles Cove Formation of Melville Island,Canada , one of the islands in theCanadian Arctic Archipelago . It is based on a skull, neckvertebra e, and the right forelimb of one individual. Named in 2008 by Sato and Wu, "Borealonectes" is one of the few plesiosaurs known from theJurassic ofNorth America , and the firstmarine reptile from the Canadian Arctic with a well-preserved skull. Thetype species is "B. russelli."cite journal |last=Sato |first=Tamaki |coauthors=and Xiao-Chun Wu |year=2008 |title=A new Jurassic pliosaur from Melville Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago |journal=Canadian Journal of Earth Science |volume=45 |issue=3 |pages=303-320 ]References
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