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Extinct genus of reptiles

Eopolycotylus
Temporal range: Cenomanian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Life restoration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Order: Plesiosauria
Family: Polycotylidae
Subfamily: Polycotylinae
Genus: Eopolycotylus
Albright, Gillette, and Titus, 2007
Species
  • Eopolycotylus rankini Albright et al., 2007 (type)

Eopolycotylus is a genus of polycotylid plesiosaur known from the Cenomanian-age Tropic Shale of Utah.

See also

References

  1. 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. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(1):41-58
Sauropterygia
Sauropsida
Sauropterygia
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Sauropterygia
Sauropterygia
Helveticosauridae?
Saurosphargidae
Placodontia
Cyamodontoidea
Eosauropterygia
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Helveticosaurus zollingeri Placochelys placodonta
Eosauropterygia
Eosauropterygia
Pachypleurosauria
Nothosauroidea
Simosauridae
Nothosauridae
Pistosauroidea
Plesiosauria
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Keichousaurus hui

Nothosaurus mirabilis

Pistosaurus longaevus
Plesiosauria
Plesiosauria
Rhomaleosauridae
Pliosauridae
Thalassophonea
Brachaucheninae
Plesiosauroidea
Microcleididae
Cryptoclidia
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Macroplata tenuiceps

Attenborosaurus conybeari

Hydrorion brachypterygius
Cryptoclidia
Cryptoclididae
Colymbosaurinae
Cryptoclidinae
Muraenosaurinae
Xenopsaria
Leptocleidia
Leptocleididae
Polycotylidae
Palmulasaurinae
Occultonectia
Polycotylinae
Dolichorhynchia
Elasmosauridae
Euelasmosaurida
Elasmosaurinae
Weddellonectia
Aristonectinae
Cryptoclidus eurymerus

Leptocleidus capensis

Elasmosaurus platyurus
Taxon identifiers
Eopolycotylus


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