Eopolycotylus

Eopolycotylus is an extinct genus of Polycotylid plesiosaur known from the Cenomanian-age Tropic Shale of Utah.[1]

Eopolycotylus
Temporal range: Cenomanian
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)

See also
  • List of plesiosaurs

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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