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{{Short description|Genus of reptiles}}
{{Taxobox
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| name = ''Uronautes''
| fossil_range = Late [[Late Cretaceous]], {{fossilrange|Maastrichtian}}
| image =
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption =
| regnumtaxon = [[Animal]]iaUronautes
| authority = [[Edward Drinker Cope|Cope]], 1877
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| genustype_species = {{extinct}}'''''?Uronautes cetiformis'''''▼
| classis = [[Reptile|Reptilia]]
| type_species_authority = Cope, 1877
| superordo = [[Sauropterygia]]
| unranked = [[Eusauropterygia]]
| ordo = [[Plesiosauria]]
| familia = [[Rhomaleosauridae]]
▲| genus = '''''?Uronautes'''''
| genus_authority =
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
*'''''?U. cetiformis''''' <small>([[Edward Drinker Cope|Cope]], [[1876]])</small> <small>([[Type (biology)|type]])</small>
}}
 
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''[[Uronautes]]'' is a [[nomen dubium|dubious]] [[genus]] of [[extinct]] [[plesiosaur]] from the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Rhomaleosauridae]]. ''Uronautes'' is known from several [[fossil|fossilized]] [[vertebra]], portions of a few limbs, and [[rib|ribs]].<ref>Geological record
1880, pg.280 </ref>
==Etymology==▼
The word ''Uronautes'' comes from a fusion of the two [[Greek language|Greek]] words ''Ουρα'', meaning "tailed," and ''Ναυτεσ'', meaning "sailor", or "mariner".<ref>[http://www.plesiosaur.com/database/genusIndividual.php?i=117 The Plesiosaur Site - Genus<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The [[species]] name of ''U. cetiformis'' comes from the Greek word for [[whale]] (or any large [[sea monster]]), ''κῆτος'' and the [[Latin]] word ''forma'', which means "shaped", of "formed" meaning "shape".<ref>[http://www.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookit.pl?latin=forma Latin Word Lookup<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>▼
 
== Discovery and naming ==
==Taxonomy==
The holotype, '''AMNH 5688''', consists of several [[fossil]]ized [[vertebra]], portions of a few limbs, and [[rib]]s.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Geological record 1880, pg.280</ref>
''Uronautes'' was first described by the [[United States|American]] [[paleontologist]], [[Edward Drinker Cope]] in 1876<ref>E. D. Cope. 1876. On some extinct reptiles and Batrachia from the Judith River and Fox Hills Beds of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28:340-359</ref>. Because of the small number of supposed ''Uronautes'' fossils, [[Samuel Paul Welles]] described the genus as a "nomen dubium", doubting that the remains were evidence of a true genus in [[1956]].<ref>[http://www.ppne.co.uk/index.php?m=show&id=12470 :: Professor Paul's Guide to Reptiles : Sauropterygia;plesiosaurs & their relatives : Extinct reptiles,family Rhomaleosauridae;Rhomaleosaurs : Uronautes<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The genus ''Uronautes'' is still considered a ''nomen dubium'' which means "dubious name". In [[zoological nomenclature]], a ''nomen dubium'' is a [[scientific name]] that is of unknown or doubtful application.▼
 
▲''Uronautes cetiformis'' was first described by the [[United States|American]] [[paleontologist]], [[Edward Drinker Cope]] in 1876.<ref>E. D.name=":0" Cope. 1876. On some extinct reptiles and Batrachia from the Judith River and Fox Hills Beds of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28:340-359</ref>. Because of the small number of supposed ''Uronautes'' fossils, [[Samuel Paul Welles|Welles]] (1956) described the genus as a "nomen dubium", doubting that the remains were evidence of a true genus in [[1956]].<ref>[http://www.ppne.co.uk/index.php?m=show&id=12470 :: Professor Paul's Guide to Reptiles : Sauropterygia; plesiosaurs & their relatives : Extinct reptiles, family Rhomaleosauridae;Rhomaleosaurs Rhomaleosaurs: Uronautes<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The genus ''Uronautes'' is still considered a ''nomen dubium'' which means "dubious name". In [[zoological nomenclature]], a ''nomen dubium'' is a [[scientific name]] that is of unknown or doubtful application.
 
▲==Etymology==
▲The word ''Uronautes'' comes from a fusion of the two [[Greek language|Greek]] words ''Ουρα'', meaning "tailed," and ''Ναυτεσ'', meaning "sailor", or "mariner".<ref>[http://www.plesiosaur.com/database/genusIndividual.php?i=117 The Plesiosaur Site -– Genus<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The [[species]] name of ''U. cetiformis'' comes from the Greek word for [[whale]] (or any large [[sea monster]]), ''κῆτος'' and the [[Latin]] word ''forma'', which means "shaped", of "formed" meaning "shape".<ref>[http://www.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookit.pl?latin=forma Latin Word Lookup<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
 
==Description==
Like many other rhomaleosaurids, such as ''[[Rhomaleosaurus]]'', ''Uronautes'' was a short-necked plesiosaur. The [[Cervicalcervical vertebrae]] are short, with partially attached [[Process (anatomy)|processes]] and double-headed ribs.<ref>Fieldiana: Geology, April, 1903, North American Plesiosaurs, Williston. Pg. 11</ref>
 
==DistributionSee also==
{{Portal|Paleontology}}
[[Image:Wpdms nasa topo judith river.jpg|200px|right|thumb|The Judith River, in Montana is a region one of the few areas that are said to contain "Uronautes" fossils<ref>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 28, 1876 (1876), pp. 340-359</ref>]]
*''[[Aptychodon]]''▼
▲Supposed ''Urounautes'' fossils are known from only a few locations: the [[Cretaceous]] deposits of the [[Fox Hills Formation|Fox Hills]], and in similar deposits near Fort Pierre, and the [[Judith River]], all in [[Montana]].<ref> Fieldiana: Geology, April, 1903, North American Plesiosaurs, Williston. Pg. 11</ref><ref>E. D. Cope. 1876. On some extinct reptiles and Batrachia from the Judith River and Fox Hills Beds of Montana. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 28:340-359</ref>.
*''[[Picrocleidus]]''▼
*''[[Scanisaurus]]''▼
* [[List of plesiosaur genera]]
* [[Timeline of plesiosaur research]]
 
==References==
{{reflistReflist|2}}
 
==External links==
*http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id428614/
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==See also==
▲*''[[Aptychodon]]''
▲*''[[Picrocleidus]]''
▲*''[[Scanisaurus]]''
 
[[Category:Nomina dubia]]
[[Category:SauropterygiaLate Cretaceous plesiosaurs of North America]]
[[Category:CretaceousTaxa reptilesnamed by Edward Drinker Cope]]
[[Category:Prehistoric reptiles of North America]]
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