Hastanectes

Hastanectes is an extinct genus of a plesiosaurian with possible pliosaurid affinities known from the Early Cretaceous Wadhurst Clay Formation (Valanginian stage) of the United Kingdom. It contains a single species, Hastanectes valdensis, which was originally thought to be a species of Cimoliasaurus.^[1]

Hastanectes Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Valanginian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Life restoration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	†Sauropterygia
Order:	†Plesiosauria
Superfamily:	†Plesiosauroidea
Family:	†Leptocleididae
Genus:	†Hastanectes Benson et al., 2012
Type species
†Hastanectes valdensis (Lydekker, 1889 [originally Cimoliasaurus valdensis])

See also

• Paleontology portal

• List of plesiosaur genera
• Timeline of plesiosaur research