Sveltonectes Fischer et al. 2011 (ichthyosaur)

Reptilia - Ichthyosauria - Ophthalmosauridae

Full reference: V. Fischer, E. Masure, M. S. Arkhangelsky and P. Godefroit. 2011. A new Barremian (Early Cretaceous) ichthyosaur from western Russia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(5):1010-1025

Parent taxon: Platypterygiinae according to M. S. Arkhangelsky and N. G. Zverkov 2014

See also Fischer et al. 2013, Fischer et al. 2012, Fischer et al. 2011, Ji et al. 2016 and Robert et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Acuetzpalin, Aegirosaurus, Athabascasaurus, Brachypterygius, Caypullisaurus, Maiaspondylus, Parrassaurus, Pervushovisaurus, Platypterygius, Simbirskiasaurus, Sisteronia

Subtaxa: Sveltonectes insolitus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ulyanovsk area [Sveltonectes insolitus type locality] (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

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