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Unktaheela
Sign in to saveUnktaheela 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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It is catalogued under topics including Fossil taxa described in 2023, Late Cretaceous plesiosaurs of North America and Polycotylidae.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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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 ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Unktaheela” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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