| Archaeonectrus Temporal range: Jurassic |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Superorder: | Sauropterygia |
| Order: | Plesiosauria |
| Family: | Pliosauridae |
| Genus: | Archaeonectrus |
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Archaeonectrus is an extinct genus of pliosaur from the Jurassic of what is now southeastern England. The type species is Archaeonectrus (originally "Plesiosaurus") rostratus, first named by Sir Richard Owen in 1865, and renamed by N.I. Novozhilov 99 years later.
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