Acamptonectes | |
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An artist's illustration of Acamptonectes densus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | †Ichthyosauria |
Family: | †Ophthalmosauridae |
Subfamily: | †Ophthalmosaurinae |
Genus: | †Acamptonectes Fischer et al., 2012 |
Species: | † A. densus |
Binomial name | |
Acamptonectes densus Fischer et al., 2012 |
Acamptonectes is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur which lived during the Hauterivian to Cenomanian stages of the Cretaceous period. Its remains have been discovered in the United Kingdom and Germany.