Eopolycotylus

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Cryptoclidoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Superordo: †Sauropterygia Ordo: †Plesiosauria Subordo: Plesiosauroidea Superfamilia: Cryptoclidoidea

Familia: †Polycotylidae
Genus: †Eopolycotylus
Species: †E. rankini

Eopolycotylus Albright, Gillette & Titus, 2007

Type species: Eopolycotylus rankini Albright, Gillette & Titus, 2007, by original designation [and monotypy].

Albright, L.B., Gillette, D.D. & Titus, A.L. 2007. Plesiosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) Tropic Shale of southern Utah, part 2: Polycotylidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(1): 41–58. DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[41:PFTUCC]2.0.CO;2 . PDF.