Acamptonectes densus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ichthyosauria
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Ordo: †Ichthyosauria

Familia: †Ophthalmosauridae
Genus: †Acamptonectes
Species: Acamptonectes densus

Name

Acamptonectes densus Fischer, Maisch, Naish, Kosma, Liston, Joger, Pardo–Perez, Tainsh, Krüger & Appleby, 2012

Holotype: GLAHM 132855 (The Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK), a partial adult skeleton, including fragmentary skull roof, mandible, axial skeleton and scapular girdle; Paratypes: SNHM 1284-R, NHMUK R11185.

Type locality: Speeton area, North Yorkshire, UK.

Etymology: From Greek ‘akamptos’ and ‘nektes’, which means rigid swimmer and from Latin ‘densus’, wich means compact, tightly packed. This binomial refers to the robust and tightly fitting bones of the occiput and to the tightly interlocking cervical and dorsal centra.

References

Valentin Fischer mail; Michael W. Maisch; Darren Naish; Ralf Kosma; Jeff Liston; Ulrich Joger; Fritz J. Krüger; Judith Pardo Pérez; Jessica Tainsh; Robert M. Appleby, 2012: New ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurs from the European Lower Cretaceous demonstrate extensive ichthyosaur survival across the Jurassic–Cretaceous boundary. PLoS One, 7 (1): e29234. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029234 [first availability in special printed version]