The Plesiosaur Site

Opallionectes sp.

Reference

Kear, Benjamin P (2006) Marine reptiles from the Lower Cretaceous of south Australia: elements of a high-latitude cold-water assemblage; Palaeontology, 49(4), pp.837-856

Diagnosis

As for species O.andamookaensis

Etymology

Greek, combination of opallios (opal) and nektes (swimmer), alluding to the holotype specimen's discovery in an opal mine and replacement of the fossil bone by opal.

Species