Aptychodon
| Aptychodon Temporal range: Cretaceous
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Chordata
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| Class: | Reptilia
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| Genus: | Aptychodon Reuss, 1855
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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.
See also[]
References[]
- Sepkoski, J.J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
External links[]
- Aptychodon in the Paleobiology Database
Categories:
- Cretaceous plesiosaurs of Europe
- Extinct animals of Europe
- Fossil taxa described in 1855