| Serpentisuchops Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Family: | †Polycotylidae |
| Subfamily: | †Polycotylinae |
| Genus: | †Serpentisuchops Persons, Street & Kelley, 2022 |
| Species: | †S. pfisterae
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| †Serpentisuchops pfisterae Persons, Street & Kelley, 2022
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Serpentisuchops (meaning "snaky crocodile-face")[1] 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.[2]
- ^ Nalewicki, Jennifer (26 September 2022). "Newfound 'snaky croc-face' sea monster unearthed in Wyoming". Live Science. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ Persons, W. S.; Street, H. P.; Kelley, A. (2022). "A long-snouted and long-necked polycotylid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America". iScience. 25 (10). 105033. Bibcode:2022iSci...25j5033P. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2022.105033. PMC 9617461. PMID 36317161.