Polyptychodon

Polyptychodon
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 101–89.3 Ma
P. interruptus jaw with tooth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sauropsida
Order:
†Plesiosauria
Suborder:
†Pliosauroidea
Family:
†Pliosauridae
Subfamily:
†Brachaucheninae
Genus:
†Polyptychodon

Owen, 1841[1]
Binomial name
†Polyptychodon interruptus
Owen, 1841[1]
Other species

Polyptychodon (meaning 'many-folded tooth') is a genus of pliosaurid found in Middle-Late Cretaceous marine deposits in southern England, France and Argentina. It has been considered a nomen dubium in a 2016 review.[2]

  1. ^ a b Owen R. (1841). Odontography. London: Hippolyte Baillière. p. 655.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Madzia2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).