Aptychodon
Extinct genus of reptiles
| Aptychodon Temporal range: Cretaceous | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | Sauropterygia |
| Order: | Plesiosauria |
| 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
