Species
Valid Extinct

Polycotylus sopozkoi

Efimov et al. 2016

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Plesiosauria Order
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Plesiosauroidea Superfamily
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Polycotylidae Family
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Polycotylinae Subfamily
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Polycotylus Genus
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Polycotylus sopozkoi Species
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇷🇺 Russia
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
V. M. Efimov, I. A. Meleshin, and A. V. Nikiforov. 2016. A New Species of the Plesiosaur Genus Polycotylus from the Upper Cretaceous of the Southern Urals. Paleontological Journal 50(5):494-503 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
V. M. Efimov, I. A. Meleshin, and A. V. Nikiforov. 2016. A New Species of the Plesiosaur Genus Polycotylus from the Upper Cretaceous of the Southern Urals. Paleontological Journal 50(5):494-503 DOI ↗