References
Reference
Bardet, Nathalie et. al. (2003) A new polycotylid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) of Morocco; C. R. Paleovoll, 2(), pp.307-315
A new polycotylid plesiosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) of Morocco
Principal Author
Nathalie Bardet
Other Authors
Xabier Pereda Suberbiola, Nour-Eddine Jalil
Header
Academic paper
Journal
C. R. Paleovoll
Volume
2
Pages
307-315
Abstract
A new Polycotylidae (Plesiosauria) from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) of southern Morocco is described. <I>Thililua longicollis </I>gen. et sp. nov. is based on a complete cranium and 37 associated vertebrae. It differs from other polycotylids in several cranial and especially vertebral characters, such as the occurrence of 30 cervical vertebrae, whose centra are nearly as long as high and bear laterally longitudinal ridges. Thililua is the first polycotylid hitherto found in Africa and under subtropical palaeolatitudes.
Language
English