Palmulasaurus
Extinct genus of reptiles
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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.[1][2]
| Palmulasaurus Temporal range: Turonian ~ | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Superfamily: | †Plesiosauroidea |
| Family: | †Polycotylidae |
| Subfamily: | †Palmulasaurinae Albright et al., 2007 |
| Genus: | †Palmulasaurus Albright et al., 2007 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Palmula Albright et al., 2007 (preoccupied by Palmula Lea, 1833) | |
