Species
Valid Extinct

Polyptychodon hudsoni

Welles and Slaughter 1963

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Sauroptérygiens
Carnivore aquatic, depth=surface Marine
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Classification
Sauropterygia Suborder
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Plesiosauria Order
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Polyptychodon Genus
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Polyptychodon hudsoni Species
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Arcadia Park
1
Temporal distribution
Turonian (93.9–89.8 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
S. P. Welles and B. H. Slaughter. 1963. The first record of the plesiosaurian genus Polyptychodon (Pliosauridae) from the New World. Journal of Paleontology 37(1):131-133
Bibliography (1)
S. P. Welles and B. H. Slaughter. 1963. The first record of the plesiosaurian genus Polyptychodon (Pliosauridae) from the New World. Journal of Paleontology 37(1):131-133