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Polyptychodon

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Polyptychodon (meaning 'many-folded tooth') is a genus of pliosaurid found in Middle-Late Cretaceous marine deposits in southern England, France and Argentina. It has been considered a nomen dubium in a 2016 review.

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Vinony's link graph records 241 inbound references to Polyptychodon, and connects out to Elasmosauridae, Pliosauridae and Plesiosauroidea.

It is catalogued under topics including Cenomanian genus first appearances, Fossil taxa described in 1841 and Late Cretaceous plesiosaurs of Europe.

Vinony links it to 13 Wikipedia language editions.

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Parent taxon
Pliosauridae
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Length
7
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start time
101000000-
end time
89300000-0
location of discovery
France
taxon name
Polyptychodon
Commons category
Polyptychodon
taxon rank
genus
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