Eopolycotylus

Extinct genus of reptiles

Eopolycotylus
Temporal range: Cenomanian
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sauropsida
Subclass:
Sauropterygia
Order:
Plesiosauria
Superfamily:
Plesiosauroidea
Family:
Polycotylidae
Genus:
Eopolycotylus

Albright, Gillette, and Titus, 2007
Species
  • E. rankini Albright et al., 2007 (type)

Eopolycotylus is a genus of polycotylid plesiosaur known from the Cenomanian-age Tropic Shale of Utah.[1]

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References

  1. ^ L. B. Albright, D. D. Gillette, and A. L. Titus. 2007. Plesiosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) Tropic Shale of southern Utah, part 2: Polycotylidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(1):41-58
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Taxon identifiers
Eopolycotylus


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