Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Polycotylidae
Full reference: S. W. Williston. 1902. Restoration of Dolichorhynchops osborni, a new Cretaceous plesiosaur. Kansas University Science Bulletin 1(9):241-244
Parent taxon: Dolichorhynchia according to R. O. Clark et al. 2024
See also Albright et al. 2007, Carpenter 1996, Carpenter 1997, Carroll 1988, Hay 1930, Ketchum and Benson 2010, O'Keefe 2001, O'Keefe 2004, O'Keefe 2008, Otero et al. 2012, Persons IV et al. 2022, Sato 2005, Schmeisser McKean 2012, Sepkoski 2002, Thurmond 1968, Welles 1962, Williston 1903 and Williston 1908
Sister taxa: Martinectes, Unktaheela
Subtaxa: Dolichorhynchops herschelensis Dolichorhynchops osborni Plesiosaurus ichthyospondylus Trinacromerum latimanus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan collections), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (1), United States (8: Kansas, South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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