Pahasapasaurus Schumacher 2007 (plesiosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Polycotylidae

Full reference: B. A. Schumacher. 2007. A new polycotylid plesiosaur (Reptilia; Sauropterygia) from the Greenhorn Limestone (Upper Cretaceous; lower upper Cenomanian), Black Hills, South Dakota. Geological Society of America Special Paper 427:133-146

Parent taxon: Polycotylidae according to B. A. Schumacher 2007

Sister taxa: Ceraunosaurus, Cimoliasaurus leucoscopelus, Edgarosaurus, Manemergus, Mauriciosaurus, Palmulainae, Palmulasaurinae, Plesiopleurodon, Polycotyilnae, Polycotylinae, Sulcusuchus, Thililua, Polycotylus ichthyospondylus tanais, Polycotylus brevispondylus

Subtaxa: Pahasapasaurus haasi

View classification

Type: Pahasapasaurus haasi

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Maloney Creek (Pahasapasaurus type locality) (Cretaceous of South Dakota)

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.