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
Belongs to Unktaheela according to R. O. Clark et al. 2024
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UCM 35059, a partial skull (Cranium and mandible with nearly complete cervical, sacral, and caudal series, partial dorsal series, ribs, portions of the pelvic and pectoral girdles, both il). Its type locality is East of Redbird, Niobrara County, which is in a Campanian marine shale in the Sharon Springs Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: South Dakota, Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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