Acamptonectes
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acamptonectes-271-2537638
title:
Acamptonectes
text:
Acamptonectes is a genus of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurs, a type of dolphin-like marine reptiles, that lived during the Early Cretaceous around 130 million years ago. The first specimen, a partial adult skeleton, was discovered in Speeton, England, in 1958, but was not formally described until 2012 by Valentin Fischer and colleagues. They also recognised a partial subadult skeleton belonging to the genus from Cremlingen, Germany, and specimens from other localities in England. The genus contain
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encyclopedia
description:
Extinct genus of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur known from England and Germany
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acamptonectes
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date modified:
2024-03-18T05:19:05Z
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