Palmulasaurus
Sign in to savePalmulasaurus is a genus of polycotylid plesiosaur from the Turonian Tropic Shale of Utah. It was originally described as Palmula, but that name was already occupied by a genus of Cretaceous foraminifera first described in 1833.
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Vinony's link graph records 237 inbound references to Palmulasaurus, and connects out to Elasmosauridae, Polycotylidae and Cryptoclididae.
Vinony files it under Fossil taxa described in 2007, Late Cretaceous plesiosaurs of North America and Paleontology in Utah.
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
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- 94000000-0
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- 89000000-0
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- Palmulasaurus
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- Palmulasaurus
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- Palmulasaurus quadratus
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Palmulasaurus is a genus of polycotylid plesiosaur from the Turonian Tropic Shale of Utah. It was originally described as Palmula, but that name was already occupied by a genus of Cretaceous foraminifera first described in 1833.
== See also == List of plesiosaurs Timeline of plesiosaur research
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