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PALMULASAURUS
(pal-mu-lah-sore-us)
Named By: L. B. Albright, D. D. Gillette & A. L. Titus in 2007
Time Period: Late Cretaceous
Location: USA - Utah - Tropic Shale Formation
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Piscivore/Carnivore
Fossil(s): Single specimen
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Sauropterygia | Plesiosauria | Polycotylidae |
Also known as: | Palmula quadratus |
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Palmulasaurus is a genus of polycotylid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Utah. It was originally described as Palmula, but the name was occupied by a genus of Cretaceous foraminifer first described in 1833.

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