Megacephalosaurus

Megacephalosaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Holotype skull (FHSM VP 321)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Superorder:†Sauropterygia
Order:†Plesiosauria
Family:†Pliosauridae
Subfamily:†Brachaucheninae
Genus:†Megacephalosaurus
Schumacher et al., 2013
Type species
†Megacephalosaurus eulerti
Schumacher et al., 2013

Megacephalosaurus is an extinct genus of brachauchenine[1] pliosaurid plesiosaur known from the early Late Cretaceous Carlile Shale (middle Turonian stage) of Russell County, Kansas, United States. It contains a single species, Megacephalosaurus eulerti.[2] It was one of the latest known member of Pliosauridae family.[3][4]

Megacephalosaurus eulerti reconstructed skull in the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center in Woodland Park, Colorado

See also

References

  1. ↑ Benson, R. B. J.; Druckenmiller, P. S. (2013). "Faunal turnover of marine tetrapods during the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition". Biological Reviews. 89 (1): 1–23. doi:10.1111/brv.12038. PMID 23581455.
  2. ↑ Schumacher, B. A.; Carpenter, K.; Everhart, M. J. (2013). "A new Cretaceous Pliosaurid (Reptilia, Plesiosauria) from the Carlile Shale (middle Turonian) of Russell County, Kansas". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33 (3): 613–628. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.722576.
  3. ↑ Daniel Madzia, Sven Sachs and Johan Lindgren (2018). Morphological and phylogenetic aspects of the dentition of Megacephalosaurus eulerti, a pliosaurid from the Turonian of Kansas, USA, with remarks on the cranial anatomy of the taxon. Geological Magazine (advance online publication). doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756818000523
  4. ↑ Czech article by paleontologist Daniel Madzia on Pravěk.info website
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