- a
sister group to Leptocleididae. They are
known as
false pliosaurs.
Polycotylids first appeared during the
Albian stage of the
Early Cretaceous, before...
-
affinities of
Sulcusuchus erraini and the Late
Cretaceous cir****-pacific
polycotylid diversity".
Cretaceous Research. 140: 105339. Bibcode:2022CrRes.14005339O...
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pliosaurs and a
decrease in
polycotylid diversity. The
study noted converging traits between Tylosaurus, pliosaurs, and some
polycotylids in
tooth morphology...
-
approximately 2.3–2.6
metres (7.5–8.5 ft) long.
Adult individuals of
other small polycotylids such as
Dolichorhynchops and
Scalamagnus were
closer to 3
metres (9.8 ft)...
-
Plesiosaurs include two
elasmosaurs (Kawanectes and Chubutinectes) and a
polycotylid (Sulcusuchus).
Mammals are
represented by
Reigitherium bunodontum and...
- It has more neck
vertebrae than
other polycotylids, however.
Polycotylus is
thought to be a
basal polycotylid because it has more
vertebrae in its neck...
- (neck) vertebrae,
which is an
unusually high
number compared to
other Polycotylids, such as Dolichorhynchops,
which had only 19 neck vertebrae, and Polycotylus...
- hesperornithids, and
plesiosaurs including elasmosaurs such as
Terminonatator and
polycotylids like
Dolichorhynchops maintained their presence until around the end...
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plesiosaurs based on neck length.
While polycotylids had
previously been part of the Pliosauroidea,
Carpenter moved polycotylids to
become the
sister group of the...
- is
indeed a plesiosaur, it is
notable for
being the latest-surviving
polycotylid and is
currently the only one from the late Maastrichtian. However, Alhalabi...
