†Scalamagnus Clark et al. 2024 (plesiosaur)
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Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Polycotylidae
Full reference: R. O. Clark, F. R. O'Keefe, and S. E. Slack. 2024. A new genus of small polycotylid plesiosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway and a clarification of the genus Dolichorhynchops. Cretaceous Research 157:105812:1-35
Parent taxon: Polycotylinae according to R. O. Clark et al. 2024
Sister taxa: Dolichorhynchia, Eopolycotylus, Georgiasaurus, Polycotylus, Serpentisuchops, Trinacromerum
Subtaxa: Scalamagnus tropicensis
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Utah collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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