Species
Valid Extinct

Dolichorhynchops osborni

(Williston 1902)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
7
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Plesiosauria Order
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Plesiosauroidea Superfamily
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Polycotylidae Family
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Polycotylinae Subfamily
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Dolichorhynchia Unranked clade
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Dolichorhynchops Genus
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Dolichorhynchops osborni Species
Fossil sites 7 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
6
🇨🇦 Canada
1
Geological formations
Niobrara
3
Pierre Shale
3
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
4
Santonian (85.7–83.6 Ma)
1
Coniacian (89.8–85.7 Ma)
2
Synonyms (1)
Polycotylus osborni subjective synonym of Dolichorhynchops osborni
Bibliography
Original description
S. W. Williston. 1902. Restoration of Dolichorhynchops osborni, a new Cretaceous plesiosaur. Kansas University Science Bulletin 1(9):241-244
Bibliography (4)
F. R. O'Keefe. 2008. Cranial anatomy and taxonomy of Dolichorhynchops bonneri new combination, a polycotylid (Sauropteryga: Plesiosauria) from the Pierre Shale of Wyoming and South Dakota. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(3):664-676 DOI ↗
K. Carpenter. 1996. A review of short-necked plesiosaurs of the Western Interior, North America. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Abhandlungen 201(2):259-287 DOI ↗
D. A. Russell. 1967. Cretaceous vertebrates from the Anderson River N. W. T. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 4(1):21-38 DOI ↗
S. W. Williston. 1902. Restoration of Dolichorhynchops osborni, a new Cretaceous plesiosaur. Kansas University Science Bulletin 1(9):241-244