Unktaheela

Unktaheela
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (middle Campanian), 80.57–80.5 Ma
Diagram of a restored skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Order: Plesiosauria
Family: Polycotylidae
Clade: Dolichorhynchia
Genus: Unktaheela
Species:
U. specta
Binomial name
Unktaheela specta
Clark, O'Keefe & Slack, 2023

Unktaheela is an extinct genus of polycotylid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous Sharon Springs Formation of the United States. The genus contains a single species, U. specta, known from two partial skeletons. Unktaheela represents the smallest known polycotylid.