Palmulasaurus
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| Palmulasaurus Temporal range: Turonian ~ | |
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| Life restoration | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Superfamily: | †Plesiosauroidea |
| Family: | †Polycotylidae |
| Subfamily: | †Palmulasaurinae Albright et al., 2007 |
| Genus: | †Palmulasaurus Albright et al., 2007 |
| Species | |
| Synonyms | |
Palmula Albright et al., 2007 (preoccupied by Palmula Lea, 1833) | |
Palmulasaurus is a genus of polycotylid plesiosaur from the Turonian Tropic Shale of Utah. It was originally described as Palmula, but that name was already occupied by a genus of Cretaceous foraminifera first described in 1833.[1][2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Albright, L.B. III; Gillette, D.D.; Titus, A.L. (2007). "Plesiosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) Tropic Shale of southern Utah, Part 2: Polycotylidae" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (1): 41–58. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[41:PFTUCC]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 130268187.
- ^ Albright, L.B. III; Gillette, D.D.; Titus, A.L. (2007). "Plesiosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) Tropic Shale of southern Utah, Part 2: Polycotylidae; Replacement names for the preoccupied genus Palmula and the subfamily Palmulainae". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (4): 1051. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[1051:PFTUCC]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 131168734.
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| Palmulasaurus Temporal range: Turonian ~ | |
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 | |
| Life restoration | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Superfamily: | †Plesiosauroidea |
| Family: | †Polycotylidae |
| Subfamily: | †Palmulasaurinae Albright et al., 2007 |
| Genus: | †Palmulasaurus Albright et al., 2007 |
| Species | |
| Synonyms | |
Palmula Albright et al., 2007 (preoccupied by Palmula Lea, 1833) | |
Palmulasaurus is a genus of polycotylid plesiosaur from the Turonian Tropic Shale of Utah. It was originally described as Palmula, but that name was already occupied by a genus of Cretaceous foraminifera first described in 1833.[1][2]
See also
References
- ^ Albright, L.B. III; Gillette, D.D.; Titus, A.L. (2007). "Plesiosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) Tropic Shale of southern Utah, Part 2: Polycotylidae" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (1): 41–58. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[41:PFTUCC]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 130268187.
- ^ Albright, L.B. III; Gillette, D.D.; Titus, A.L. (2007). "Plesiosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) Tropic Shale of southern Utah, Part 2: Polycotylidae; Replacement names for the preoccupied genus Palmula and the subfamily Palmulainae". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (4): 1051. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[1051:PFTUCC]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 131168734.
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