Pahasapasaurus
Genus of polycotylid plesiosaurs
Pahasapasaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, late Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
---|---|
Life restoration | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Family: | †Polycotylidae |
Genus: | †Pahasapasaurus |
Species: | †P. haasi |
Binomial name | |
†Pahasapasaurus haasi Schumacher 2007 |
Pahasapasaurus is a genus of polycotylid plesiosaur from the late Cenomanian-aged Greenhorn Limestone of South Dakota, USA, about 94 million years ago. Distinctive features of the taxon include elongate epipodial bones (radius/ulna - tibia/fibula) and the nature of the palate bones (roof of the mouth). The type species is P. haasi.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Schumacher, B. A. 2007. A new polycotylid plesiosaur (Reptilia; Sauropterygia) from the Greenhorn Limestone (Upper Cretaceous; lower upper Cenomanian), Black Hills, South Dakota. in Marin, J.E., and Parris, D.C., eds., The Geology and Paleontology of the Late Cretaceous Marine Deposits of the Dakotas: Geological Society of America Special Paper 427, p. 133-146.
- v
- t
- e
| |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
|
|
|
This article about a plesiosaur is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e