Eopolycotylus Albright et al. 2007 (plesiosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Polycotylidae

Full reference: L. B. Albright, D. D. Gillette, and A. L. Titus. 2007. Plesiosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) Tropic Shale of southern Utah, part 2: Polycotylidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(1):41-58

Parent taxon: Polycotylinae according to W. S. Persons IV et al. 2022

See also Albright et al. 2007 and Ketchum and Benson 2010

Sister taxa: Dolichorhynchia, Georgiasaurus, Polycotylus, Scalamagnus, Serpentisuchops, Trinacromerum

Subtaxa: Eopolycotylus rankini

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Type: Eopolycotylus rankini

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Big Water, Tropic Shale (Cretaceous of Utah)

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