Genus
Valid Extinct

Serpentisuchops

Persons IV et al. 2022

Serpentisuchops is a genus of polycotylid plesiosaur from the late Cretaceous Pierre Shale of Wyoming, United States. The genus contains a single species, S. pfisterae, known from a partial skeleton.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
Serpentisuchops
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Life reconstruction of Serpentisuchops pfisterae © Connor Ashbridge · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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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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Serpentisuchops Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Pierre Shale
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Serpentisuchops pfisterae 84 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
W. S. Persons IV, H. P. Street, and A. Kelley. 2022. A long-snouted and long-necked polycotylid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America. iScience 25(10):105033 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
W. S. Persons IV, H. P. Street, and A. Kelley. 2022. A long-snouted and long-necked polycotylid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America. iScience 25(10):105033 DOI ↗