Palmulasaurus

Palmulasaurus
Temporal range: Turonian
~94–89 Ma
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Life restoration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

  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" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (1): 41–58. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[41:PFTUCC]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 130268187.
  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:PFTUCC]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 131168734.