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Pahasapasaurus haasi
Taxonomy
Pahasapasaurus haasi was named by Schumacher (2007). Its type specimen is AMM 98.1.1, a partial skeleton (partial skull, portions of left front and rear paddles, poorly preserved vertebral column and rib portions), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Maloney Creek (Pahasapasaurus type locality), which is in a Cenomanian marine sandstone in the Greenhorn Limestone Formation of South Dakota. It is the type species of Pahasapasaurus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2007 | Pahasapasaurus haasi Schumacher pp. 134-143 figs. 2-7 |
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†Pahasapasaurus haasi Schumacher 2007
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| B. A. Schumacher 2007 | A relatively large (6 m in length), “long-beaked” plesiosaur possessing derived cranial features characteristic of polycotylids, a palate configuration unique among polycotylids, and plesiomorphic paddle morphologies. Diagnostic characters include anterior interpterygoid vacuity absent; pterygoids united along midline anterior to parasphenoid; parasphenoid relatively robust element, possessing prominent ventral keel and sutured to dorsal surface of pterygoids; pineal foramen absent; temporal fenestra elongate (as in Trinacromerum); symphysis elongate and including the splenial, encompassing the first 12 dentary teeth; teeth faintly striate on medial face; homodont dentition; teeth relatively robust; humerus sigmoidally curved; propodials bearing three distal facets and only a minor degree of posterodistal expansion; epipodials longer than wide, bearing distinct antebrachial foramen; phalanges rounded and elongate |