Palmulasaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Family: | †Polycotylidae |
Subfamily: |
†Palmulasaurinae Albright et al., 2007 |
Genus: |
†Palmulasaurus Albright et al., 2007 |
Species | |
Synonyms | |
Palmula Lea, 1833 (preoccupied) |
Palmula Lea, 1833 (preoccupied)
Palmulasaurus is a genus of polycotylid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Utah. It was originally described as Palmula, but the name was occupied by a genus of Cretaceous foraminifer first described in 1833.