†Eopolycotylus Albright et al. 2007 (plesiosaur)
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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
Type: Eopolycotylus rankini
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Big Water, Tropic Shale (Cretaceous of Utah)
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