Definition of Polyptychodon. Meaning of Polyptychodon. Synonyms of Polyptychodon

- Polyptychodon (meaning 'many-folded tooth') is a genus of pliosaurid found in Middle-Late Cretaceous marine deposits in southern England, France and Argentina...
- these teeth to Polyptychodon, which he then believed to be "a genus of crocodilian reptiles". Later discoveries showed that Polyptychodon was actually a...
- the teeth. However, in 1880, Sauvage synonymized Liopleurodon with Polyptychodon, noting that it was similar to this genus, but distinct from Plesiosaurus...
- Brachauchenius Kronosaurus Luskhan Makhaira Megacephalosaurus Monquirasaurus Polyptychodon Sachicasaurus Stenorhynchosaurus Pliosauroidea is a stem-based taxon...
- England. Based on teeth characteristics, Owen referred this specimen to Polyptychodon interruptus, a species of pliosaurid that he himself had already named...
- Brachauchenius Megacephalosaurus Polyptychodon...
- pliosaur specimen cataloged as DORK/G/1-2 but doubtfully labeled as 'Polyptychodon interruptus', with one outgroup consisting of Kronosaurus, under a strict...
- Brachaucheninae Acostasaurus Brachauchenius Eiectus Kronosaurus Luskhan Makhaira Megacephalosaurus Monquirasaurus Polyptychodon Sachicasaurus Stenorhynchosaurus...
- representing two taxa, and a tooth referred to the pliosaur "Polyptychodon". However, "Polyptychodon" has more recently been considered a nomen dubium, with...
- Pliosaurus, and consequently classified the latter two, along with Polyptychodon and Thaumatosaurus, within a new group of sauropterygians that he named...