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Unktaheela

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Unktaheela is an extinct genus of polycotylid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous Sharon Springs Formation of the United States. The genus contains a single species, U. , known from two skulls and partial skeletons. Unktaheela represents the smallest known polycotylid.

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Unktaheela is an extinct genus of polycotylid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous Sharon Springs Formation of the United States. The genus contains a single species, U. , known from two skulls and partial skeletons. Unktaheela represents the smallest known polycotylid.

== Discovery and naming ==

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