Serpentisuchops
Genus of polycotylid plesiosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Serpentisuchops (meaning "snaky crocodile-face")[1] is a genus of polycotylid plesiosaur from the late Cretaceous Pierre Shale of Wyoming, United States. The genus contains a single species, S. pfisterae, known from a partial skeleton.[2]
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Serpentisuchops | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
Order: | †Plesiosauria |
Family: | †Polycotylidae |
Subfamily: | †Polycotylinae |
Genus: | †Serpentisuchops Persons, Street & Kelley, 2022 |
Species: | †S. pfisterae |
Binomial name | |
†Serpentisuchops pfisterae Persons, Street & Kelley, 2022 | |
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