Gondwananectes
| Gondwananectes | |
|---|---|
| Holotype material as preserved (A) and tentatively arranged in life position (B) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Superfamily: | †Plesiosauroidea |
| Genus: | †Gondwananectes Otero et al., 2026 |
| Species: | †G. osvaldoi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Gondwananectes osvaldoi Otero et al., 2026
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Gondwananectes (lit. 'Gondwana swimmer') is an extinct genus of plesiosauroid plesiosaur known from the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian age) Quehuita Formation of Chile. The genus contains a single species, Gondwananectes osvaldoi, known from a partial skeleton.