Definition of Polycotylids. Meaning of Polycotylids. Synonyms of Polycotylids

- 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...
- evolutionary radiation. Modern sharks also appeared and penguin-like polycotylid plesiosaurs (3 meters long) and huge long-necked elasmosaurs (13 meters...
- 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)...
- 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...
- Plesiosaurs include two elasmosaurs (Kawanectes and Chubutinectes) and a polycotylid (Sulcusuchus). Mammals are represented by Reigitherium bunodontum and...
- hesperornithids, and plesiosaurs including elasmosaurs such as Terminonatator and polycotylids like Dolichorhynchops maintained their presence until around the end...
- differing from the pliosaurs. While polycotylids had previously been part of the Pliosauroidea, Carpenter moved polycotylids to become the sister group of the...
- plesiosaurs based on neck length. While polycotylids had previously been part of the Pliosauroidea, Carpenter moved polycotylids to become the sister group of the...