A genus of extinct marine reptiles from the Mesozoic era, related to ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs.
From Latin 'ante' (before) + a suffix or root possibly related to movement or 'va.' This scientific name was assigned to describe creatures that lived before modern marine reptiles.
Anteva represents one of countless extinct marine reptile species that dominated oceans before dinosaurs went extinct—and we're still discovering that sea creatures were sometimes even more bizarre and specialized than land dinosaurs.
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