Avalonnectes arturi

Avalonnectes arturi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Plesiosauria

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 Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Superordo: †Sauropterygia Ordo: †Plesiosauria

Familia: †Rhomaleosauridae
Genus: †Avalonnectes
Species: Avalonnectes arturi

Name

• †Avalonnectes arturi Benson, Evans & Druckenmiller, 2012

Holotype: NHMUK 14550, the posterior portion of the skull, and a partial postcranial skeleton.

Type locality: Street, Somerset, UK (likely lowermost Hettangian).

Etymology: Species epithet after Arthur Cruickshank (1932–2011), who with M. A. Taylor initiated the restudy of British Lower Jurassic plesiosaurians in the 1990s, and also as a reference to the legendary King Arthur of British folklore.

References

• Benson, Roger B. J., Mark Evans & Patrick S. Druckenmiller, 2012: High diversity, low disparity and small body size in plesiosaurs (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Triassic-Jurassic boundary. PLoS One, 7(3): e31838. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031838.