Palmulasaurus

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 ~94–89 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Life restoration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	†Sauropterygia
Order:	†Plesiosauria
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)

See also

• List of plesiosaurs
• Timeline of plesiosaur research