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'''''Martinectes''''' is an ] genus of ] plesiosaur from the ] ] of the United States. The genus contains a ] '''''M. bonneri''''', known from multiple skeletons and skulls. ''Martinectes'' was historically considered to represent a species of the genus '']'' and later '']'' before it was moved to its own genus.<ref name=Martinectes>{{Cite journal |last1=Clark |first1=Robert O. |last2=O’Keefe |first2=F. Robin |last3=Slack |first3=Sara E. |date=2023-12-24 |title=A new genus of small polycotylid plesiosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway and a clarification of the genus ''Dolichorhynchops'' |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667123003403 |journal=] |pages=105812 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105812 |issn=0195-6671}}</ref> |
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'''''Martinectes''''' is an ] genus of ] plesiosaur from the ] ] of the United States. The genus contains a ] '''''M. bonneri''''', known from multiple skeletons and skulls. ''Martinectes'' was historically considered to represent a species of the genus '']'' and later '']'' before it was moved to its own genus.<ref name=Martinectes>{{Cite journal |last1=Clark |first1=Robert O. |last2=O’Keefe |first2=F. Robin |last3=Slack |first3=Sara E. |date=2023-12-24 |title=A new genus of small polycotylid plesiosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway and a clarification of the genus ''Dolichorhynchops'' |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667123003403 |journal=] |pages=105812 |doi=10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105812 |issn=0195-6671}}</ref> |
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==History== |
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Two very large specimens of a polycotylid plesiosaur (KUVP 40001 and 40002<ref name="oceansofkansas7">{{cite web|url=http://www.oceansofkansas.com/Pliosaurs/KU40001/KU40001-4.jpg|title=Image: KU40001-4.jpg, (589 × 500 px)|publisher=oceansofkansas.com|access-date=2015-09-05}}</ref>) were collected from the Pierre Shale of Wyoming and later reported on by Adams in her 1977 Masters thesis.<ref>{{Harvnb|Adams|1977}}</ref> Later (1997), she officially described (1997) as a new species of ''Trinacromerum'' (T''. bonneri''). Unknown to her at the time, Carpenter (1996) had revised the Polycotylidae and separated ''Dolichorhynchops'' from ''Trinacromerum'', raising the question as to whether or not the specimens represented a separate species or just larger individuals of ''D. osborni''. A study in 2008 found that ''T. bonneri'' is a valid species of ''Dolichorhynchops'', ''D. bonneri''.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = O'Keefe | first1 = F. R. | year = 2008 | title = Cranial anatomy and taxonomy of Dolichorhynchops bonneri new combination, a polycotylid (Sauropterygia: Plesiosauria) from the Pierre Shale of Wyoming and South Dakota | doi = 10.1671/0272-4634(2008)282.0.co;2 | journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume = 28 | issue = 3| pages = 664–676 | s2cid = 32099438 }}</ref> {{Harvnb|Carpenter|1996}} estimated that KUVP 40001, with a skull measuring {{convert|98|cm|ft}} long, had a total body length of more than approximately {{convert|5.09|m|ft}}. A 2023 study assigns ''D. bonneri'' to a new genus, ''Martinectes''.<ref name="Martinectes"/> |
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== Classification == |
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== Classification == |
Two very large specimens of a polycotylid plesiosaur (KUVP 40001 and 40002) were collected from the Pierre Shale of Wyoming and later reported on by Adams in her 1977 Masters thesis. Later (1997), she officially described (1997) as a new species of Trinacromerum (T. bonneri). Unknown to her at the time, Carpenter (1996) had revised the Polycotylidae and separated Dolichorhynchops from Trinacromerum, raising the question as to whether or not the specimens represented a separate species or just larger individuals of D. osborni. A study in 2008 found that T. bonneri is a valid species of Dolichorhynchops, D. bonneri. Carpenter 1996 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFCarpenter1996 (help) estimated that KUVP 40001, with a skull measuring 98 centimetres (3.22 ft) long, had a total body length of more than approximately 5.09 metres (16.7 ft). A 2023 study assigns D. bonneri to a new genus, Martinectes.
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