Pahasapasaurus

Pahasapasaurus is a genus of polycotylid plesiosaur from the late Cenomanian-aged Greenhorn Limestone of South Dakota, USA, about 94 million years ago. Distinctive features of the taxon include elongate epipodial bones (radius/ulna - tibia/fibula) and the nature of the palate bones (roof of the mouth). The type species is P. haasi.^[1]

Pahasapasaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, late Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Life restoration
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	†Sauropterygia
Order:	†Plesiosauria
Family:	†Polycotylidae
Genus:	†Pahasapasaurus
Species:	†P. haasi
Binomial name
†Pahasapasaurus haasi Schumacher 2007

See also

•  Paleontology portal

• List of plesiosaur genera
• List of plesiosaurs
• Timeline of plesiosaur research

References

1. Schumacher, B. A. 2007. A new polycotylid plesiosaur (Reptilia; Sauropterygia) from the Greenhorn Limestone (Upper Cretaceous; lower upper Cenomanian), Black Hills, South Dakota. in Marin, J.E., and Parris, D.C., eds., The Geology and Paleontology of the Late Cretaceous Marine Deposits of the Dakotas: Geological Society of America Special Paper 427, p. 133-146.