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Polycotylus sopozkoi

Reptilia - Plesiosauria - Polycotylidae

Taxonomy
Polycotylus sopozkoi was named by Efimov et al. (2016) [UPM = Undory Paleontological Museum]. Its type specimen is UPM 247, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Izhberda Quarry, which is in a Campanian marine sandstone/conglomerate in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Polycotylus sopozkoi Efimov et al. p. 495 figs. 1, 2e, pl. 10-11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
suborderSauropterygia
orderPlesiosauriade Blainville 1835
superfamilyPlesiosauroideaWelles 1943
familyPolycotylidaeWilliston 1908
subfamilyPolycotylinae
genusPolycotylus
speciessopozkoi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Polycotylus sopozkoi Efimov et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2009-07-20 06:05:48
Modified: 2011-08-12 01:58:15
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Russian Federation (Orenburg) Polycotylus sopozkoi (type locality: 224094)