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Polycotylus latipinnis

Cope 1869

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Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Occurrences PBDB
7
Groupe
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marin
Classification
Sauropterygia Sous-ordre
Plesiosauria Ordre
Plesiosauroidea Superfamille
Polycotylidae Famille
Polycotylinae Sous-famille
Polycotylus Genre
Polycotylus latipinnis Espèce
Sites de découverte 7 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
🇺🇸 États-Unis
7
Formations géologiques
Mooreville Chalk
1
Distribution temporelle
Campanien (83.6–72.2 Ma)
2
Santonien (85.7–83.6 Ma)
3
Coniacien (89.8–85.7 Ma)
2
Synonymes (1)
Polycotylus dolichopus subjective synonym of Polycotylus latipinnis
Bibliographie
Description originale
E. D. Cope. 1869. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Part I. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 14:1-104 DOI ↗
Bibliographie (7)
B. A. Schumacher and J. E. Martin. 2016. Polycotylus latipinnis Cope (Plesiosauria, Polycotylidae), a nearly complete skeleton from the Niobrara Formation (Early Campanian) of southwestern South Dakota. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(1):e1031341:1-15 DOI ↗
F. R. O'Keefe and L. M. Chiappe. 2011. Viviparity and K-selected life history in a Mesozoic marine Plesiosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia. Science 333(870):870-873 DOI ↗
F. R. O'Keefe. 2004. On the cranial anatomy of the polycotylid plesiosaurs, including new material of Polycotylus latipinnis, Cope, from Alabama. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(2):326-340 DOI ↗
G. W. Storrs. 1999. An examination of Plesiosauria (Diapsida: Sauropterygia) from the Niobrara Chalk (Upper Cretaceous) of Central North America. Paleontological Contributions of the University of Kansas 11:1-15
S. W. Williston. 1906. North American plesiosaurs: Elasmosaurus, Cimoliasaurus, and Polycotylus. The American Journal of Science, series 4 21:221-236 DOI ↗
S. W. Williston. 1903. North American plesiosaurs, part 1. Geological Series Field Museum of Natural History 3(1):1-77 DOI ↗
E. D. Cope. 1869. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Part I. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 14:1-104 DOI ↗