Palmulasaurus

Palmulasaurus; Temporal range: Turonian; ~94–89 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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	Life restoration
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Species
	†P. quadratus Albright et al., 2007 (originally Palmula quadratus) (type);
Synonyms
	Palmula Albright et al., 2007 (preoccupied by Palmula Lea, 1833)

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]

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