#Opallionectes

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Obdurodon, a cenozoic platypus with big teeth Onychodus, a devonian lobe-finned fish Opallionectes, a cretaceous plesiosaur

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Opallionectes andamookaensis

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Name: Opallionectes andamookaensis

Name Meaning: ‬Opal swimmer

First Described: 2006

Described By: Kear

Classification: Chordata, Tetrapoda, Reptilia, ‬Sauropterygia,‭ ‬Plesiosauria,‭ Plesiosauroidea

Opallionectes was a plesiosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous of what is now known as Australia. Data suggests that this plesiosaur may have dwelled in very cold waters. Opallionectes may have had blubber as an adaptation for this freezing type of environment. Paleontologists actually found Opallionectes in an opal mine down in South Australia.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opallionectes