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Acamptonectes

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…

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Acamptonectes

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related to Speeton Clay · 20
Acamptonectes → Carbon-13, Concentrations, D2C, D2D, England, Evidence, Hauterivian, In, Lower Cretaceous, Marine, Material, NHMUK R11185, Numerous, Speeton Clay, Speeton Clay Formation, The, The Acamptonectes, This, Valanginian, While
related to Palaeobiogeography · 18
Acamptonectes → Aegirosaurus, Brachypterygius, Caypullisaurus, Cenomanian, Cretaceous, Early Cretaceous, Fischer, Ichthyosaurs, Jurassic, Late Jurassic-aged, Nannopterygius, Nettleton Ophthalmosaurus, Some, They, This, Triassic, Turonian, Yasykovia
related to Lower Saxony Basin · 16
Acamptonectes → Boreal Sea, Cremlingen, German, Hauterivian, Lower Cretaceous, Lower Saxony, Lower Saxony Basin, North Sea, Northwest Germany, Organisms, Sedimentation, Since, SNHM1284-R, Tethys Sea, The, The Lower Cretaceous
related to Palaeobiology · 13
Acamptonectes → According, As, Cretaceous, Darren Naish, Its, Jurassic, Most, The, Their, They, Thunniform, Ulrich Joger, With
related to Classification · 12
Acamptonectes → Arthropterygius, Fischer, In, It, Maxim Arkhangelsky, Ophthalmosauridae, Ophthalmosaurinae, Platypterygiinae, Relationships, Removal, The, These
related to Diet and feeding · 11
Acamptonectes → Adaptations, As, Cretaceous, Ichthyosaurs, II/generalist, In, Judy, Maria Zammit, Massare, Nevertheless, Ophthalmosaurus
related to Skull · 11
Acamptonectes → At, Behind, C-shaped, Much, Ophthalmosaurus, Platypterygius, SNHM1284-R, The, This, Two, When
related to Description · 10
Acamptonectes → Although, Features, Ichthyosaurs, Like, Mollesaurus, NHMUK R11185, Ophthalmosauridae, Ophthalmosaurus, SNHM1284-R, The
related to Postcranial skeleton · 10
Acamptonectes → As, In, In Acamptonectes, Stenopterygius, Such, Sveltonectes, The, These, This, Thunnosauria
is a · 2
Acamptonectes → genus of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurs, significant find because it is an ophthalmosaurine from the Early Cretaceous

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specimen ichthyosaurs ophthalmosaurus ichthyosaur cretaceous species also colleagues genus bones speeton fischer lower ophthalmosaurids platypterygius found front specimens bone clay

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Acamptonectesis agenus of ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaurs0.90text
Acamptonectesis asignificant find because it is an ophthalmosaurine from the Early Cretaceous0.90text
fishinstance offleshy prey0.80text
squidinstance offleshy prey0.80text
Ophthalmosaurusinstance ofThe back part of the nasal had a downward-extending bulge that was similar to that of related genera0.80text
spongesinstance ofand various animals0.80text
polychaetesinstance ofand various animals0.80text
brachiopodsinstance ofand various animals0.80text
barnaclesinstance ofand various animals0.80text
bivalvesinstance ofand various animals0.80text
and echinoidsinstance ofand various animals0.80text
Acamptonectesrelated to ClassificationIn0.60section

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