Serpentisuchops
Serpentisuchops (meaning "snaky crocodile-face") is a genus of polycotylid plesiosaur from the late Cretaceous Pierre Shale of Wyoming, United States. The genus contains a single species, S. pfisterae, known from a partial skeleton.
| Serpentisuchops Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Family: | †Polycotylidae |
| Subfamily: | †Polycotylinae |
| Genus: | †Serpentisuchops Persons, Street & Kelley, 2022 |
| Species: | †S. pfisterae |
| Binomial name | |
| †Serpentisuchops pfisterae Persons, Street & Kelley, 2022 | |
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