Short-necked plesiosaurs of the family Polycotylidae from the Campanian of the Saratov Region |
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Authors: | M S Arkhangelsky A O Averianov E M Pervushov |
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Institution: | (1) Geological Faculty, Saratov State University, Astrakhanskaya ul. 83, Saratov, 410026, Russia;(2) Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia |
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Abstract: | Fragments of the anterior part of a mandibular rostrum and a maxillary bone of the plesiosaur Polycotylidae indet. from the Karyakino and Beloe Ozero localities of the Saratov Region (Upper Cretaceous, Campanian) are described. The specimens belong to a relatively long-snouted polycotylid with a mandibular symphysis incorporating 13 pairs of teeth. A unique feature of this plesiosaur is the fact that, in the symphysis, the splenial extends to the very anterior end of the rostrum. The polycotylid from the Campanian of the Saratov Region is probably closely related or identical to Georgiasaurus from the Santonian of the Penza Region, in which structural details of the mandibular symphysis remain uncertain. |
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Keywords: | Polycotylidae plesiosaurs Campanian Upper Cretaceous Saratov Region Russia |
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