Megacephalosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous |
|
---|---|
Holotype skull (FHSM VP 321) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Family: | †Pliosauridae |
Subfamily: | †Brachaucheninae |
Genus: |
†Megacephalosaurus Schumacher et al., 2013 |
Type species | |
†Megacephalosaurus eulerti Schumacher et al., 2013 |
Megacephalosaurus is an extinct genus of brachaucheninepliosaurid plesiosaur known from the early Late Cretaceous Carlile Shale (middle Turonian stage) of Russell County, Kansas, United States. It contains a single species, Megacephalosaurus eulerti.