| Palmulasaurus | |
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| Life restoration | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Superfamily: | †Plesiosauroidea |
| Family: | †Polycotylidae |
| Subfamily: | †Palmulasaurinae Albrightet al.,2007 |
| Genus: | †Palmulasaurus Albrightet al., 2007 |
| Species | |
| Synonyms | |
PalmulaAlbrightet al., 2007 (preoccupied byPalmulaLea, 1833) | |
Palmulasaurus is agenus ofpolycotylidplesiosaur from theTuronianTropic Shale ofUtah. It was originally described asPalmula, but that name was already occupied by a genus of Cretaceousforaminifera first described in 1833.[1][2]
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