The Plesiosaur Site

Polyptychodon hudsoni

Reference

Welles, Samuel P. and Slaughter, B. H. (1963) The first record of the Plesiosaurian genus Polyptychodon (Pliosauridae) from the New World; Journal of Paleontology, 37(1), pp.131-133

Fossils

Catalogue No

Collection

Specimen

SMUSMP 60313

Shuler Museum of Paleontology, Southern Methodist University

Age

Turonian (Stage/Age)

Rock Unit

Eagle Ford Shale

Locality

Dallas

ID record for SMUSMP 60313

Polyptychodon hudsoni

Holotype

Welles, Samuel P. and Slaughter, B. H. (1963) The first record of the Plesiosaurian genus Polyptychodon (Pliosauridae) from the New World; Journal of Paleontology, 37(1), pp.131-133