Biology:Palmulasaurus

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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles


Palmulasaurus
Temporal range: Turonian
~94–89 Ma
Palmulasaurus quadratus.png
Life restoration
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Order: Plesiosauria
Family: Polycotylidae
Subfamily: Palmulasaurinae
Albright et al., 2007
Genus: Palmulasaurus
Albright et al., 2007
Species
  • P. quadratus Albright et al., 2007 (originally Palmula quadratus) (type)
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 the name was occupied by a genus of Cretaceous foraminifer first described in 1833.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. 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". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 (1): 41–58. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[41:PFTUCC2.0.CO;2]. http://doc.rero.ch/record/15002/files/PAL_E2155.pdf. 
  2. 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:PFTUCC2.0.CO;2]. 

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