Aptychodon

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Aptychodon
Fossil range: Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Superorder: Sauropterygia
Order: Plesiosauria
Genus: Aptychodon
Species
  • Aptychodon sp. (type) Reuss, 1855

Aptychodon (meaning "unwrinkled tooth") is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Cretaceous of what is now the Czech Republic. The genus was named by Reuss in 1855.

[edit] References

  • Sepkoski, J.J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

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