Species Classification: ‭ ‬Polycotylinae.

In Depth        In the early days of plesiosaur evolution back in the Jurassic,‭ ‬there were two main groups that were successful enough to become two of the main kinds of marine reptiles of the Mesozoic.‭ ‬These were long necked plesiosaurs such as Plesiosaurus and Cryptoclidus,‭ ‬and short necked pliosaurs‭ (‬technically a sub group of plesiosaurs‭) … Read more

In Depth        Eopolycotylus is another example of one of the short necked/long jawed polycotylid plesiosaurs of the Cretaceous era.‭ ‬The genus name Eopolycotylus means‭ ‘‬Dawn Polycotylus‭’ ‬and is a‭ ‬reference to the earlier appearance of Eopolycotylus in the fossil record to Polycotylus,‭ ‬the type genus of the Polycotylidae.‭ ‬The type species name honours David O.‭ … Read more