†Borealonectes russelli Sato and Wu 2008 (plesiosaur)
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Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Rhomaleosauridae
Full reference: T. Sato and X. -C. Wu. 2008. A new Jurassic pliosaur from Melville Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 45:303-320
Belongs to Borealonectes according to T. Sato and X. -C. Wu 2008
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NMC 40729, a partial skeleton (skull, cervical vertebrae and right forelimb). Its type locality is Cape Grassy, Melville Island plesiosaur, which is in a Callovian marine sandstone/siltstone in the Hiccles Cove Formation of Canada.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cape Grassy, Melville Island plesiosaur
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