Archaeonectrus

In Depth        Originally described as a species of Plesiosaurus by Richard Owen in‭ ‬1865,‭ ‬it was identified as a distinct genus just under a hundred years later in‭ ‬1964.‭ ‬Archaeonectrus is now regarded as a rhomaleosaurid pliosaur, and would have been a predator of other marine organisms. Further Reading – A monograph of the fossil … Read more