Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Polycotylidae
Synonym: Palmula Albright et al. 2007 [replaced name]
Full reference: 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; replacement names for the preoccupied genus Palmula and the subfamily Palmulainae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(4):1051-1051
Parent taxon: Palmulainae according to L. B. Albright et al. 2007
See also Albright et al. 2007
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Palmulasaurus quadratus
Type: Palmula quadratus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Near Big Water, Tropic Shale (MNA loc. 1494) (Cretaceous of Utah)
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