Polycotylus Cope 1869 (plesiosaur)

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Polycotylidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1869. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Part I. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 14:1-104

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

See also Adams 1997, Albright et al. 2007, Carpenter 1996, Cope 1869, Hampe 2013, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hector 1874, Lydekker 1889, O'Keefe 2001, O'Keefe 2004, Otero et al. 2012, Seeley 1892, Sepkoski 2002, Welles 1962, White 1940, Williston 1903, Williston 1906 and Williston 1908

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

Subtaxa: Polycotylus latipinnis Polycotylus sopozkoi Polycotylus suprajurensis

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Type: Polycotylus latipinnis

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (1 collection), United States (8: Alabama, Kansas, South Dakota, Wyoming)

• Jurassic of France (1)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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