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Palmulainae)
| Palmulasaurus Temporal range:
Turonian
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | † Sauropterygia |
| Order: | † Plesiosauria |
| Family: | † Polycotylidae |
| Subfamily: | †
Palmulasaurinae Albright et al., 2007 |
| Genus: | †
Palmulasaurus Albright et al., 2007 |
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Palmula Albright et al., 2007 ( preoccupied by Palmula Lea, 1833) | |
Palmulasaurus is a genus of polycotylid plesiosaur from the Turonian Tropic Shale of Utah. It was originally described as Palmula, but the name was occupied by a genus of Cretaceous foraminifer first described in 1833. [1] [2]
- ^ Albright, L.B. III; Gillette, D.D.; Titus, A.L. (2007). "Plesiosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) Tropic Shale of southern Utah, Part 2: Polycotylidae" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (1): 41–58. doi: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[41:PFTUCC]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 130268187.
- ^ Albright, L.B. III; Gillette, D.D.; Titus, A.L. (2007). "Plesiosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) Tropic Shale of southern Utah, Part 2: Polycotylidae; Replacement names for the preoccupied genus Palmula and the subfamily Palmulainae". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (4): 1051. doi: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[1051:PFTUCC]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 131168734.
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