Genus
Valid Extinct

Embaphias

Cope 1894

Embaphias is a dubious genus of plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America. It was named by Edward Drinker Cope on the basis of three cervical vertebrae. The type species is E. circulosus.

Temporal range
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PBDB occurrences
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Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
Embaphias
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Plesiosauria Order
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Embaphias Genus
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Bibliography
Original description
E. D. Cope. 1894. On the structure of the skull in the plesiosaurian Reptilia, and on two new species from the Upper Cretaceous. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 33:109-113