#opallionectes
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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.
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