†Polyptychodon hudsoni Welles and Slaughter 1963 (plesiosaur)
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Full reference: S. P. Welles and B. H. Slaughter. 1963. The first record of the plesiosaurian genus Polyptychodon (Pliosauridae) from the New World. Journal of Paleontology 37(1):131-133
Belongs to Polyptychodon according to S. P. Welles and B. H. Slaughter 1963
Sister taxa: Polyptychodon interruptus, Polyptychodon patagonicus
Type specimen: SMM 60313. Its type locality is Chalk Hill Road, which is in a Turonian marine shale in the Arcadia Park Formation of Texas.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Chalk Hill Road
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