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Borealonectes russelli
Taxonomy
Borealonectes russelli was named by Sato and Wu (2008). Its type specimen is NMC 40729, a partial skeleton (skull, cervical vertebrae and right forelimb), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cape Grassy, Melville Island plesiosaur, which is in a Callovian marine sandstone/siltstone in the Hiccles Cove Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Borealonectes.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2008 | Borealonectes russelli Sato and Wu p. 305 figs. 1-9 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Borealonectes russelli Sato and Wu 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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