Pahasapasaurus Temporal range:
Late Cretaceous, late
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | † Sauropterygia |
Order: | † Plesiosauria |
Family: | † Polycotylidae |
Genus: | † Pahasapasaurus |
Species: | †P. haasi
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Binomial name | |
†Pahasapasaurus haasi Schumacher
2007
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Pahasapasaurus is a genus of polycotylid plesiosaur from the late Cenomanian-aged Greenhorn Limestone of South Dakota, USA, about 94 million years ago. Distinctive features of the taxon include elongate epipodial bones ( radius/ ulna - tibia/ fibula) and the nature of the palate bones (roof of the mouth). The type species is P. haasi. [1]
Pahasapasaurus Temporal range:
Late Cretaceous, late
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Life restoration | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Superorder: | † Sauropterygia |
Order: | † Plesiosauria |
Family: | † Polycotylidae |
Genus: | † Pahasapasaurus |
Species: | †P. haasi
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Binomial name | |
†Pahasapasaurus haasi Schumacher
2007
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Pahasapasaurus is a genus of polycotylid plesiosaur from the late Cenomanian-aged Greenhorn Limestone of South Dakota, USA, about 94 million years ago. Distinctive features of the taxon include elongate epipodial bones ( radius/ ulna - tibia/ fibula) and the nature of the palate bones (roof of the mouth). The type species is P. haasi. [1]