Palmulasaurus

Palmulasaurus Temporal range: Turonian ~94–89  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Life restoration
Scientific classification
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. quadratusAlbright et al., 2007 (originally Palmula quadratus) (type)
Synonyms
PalmulaAlbright 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 that name was already occupied by a genus of Cretaceous foraminifera first described in 1833. ^{[1] [2]}

See also

• List of plesiosaurs
• Timeline of plesiosaur research

References

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.