Edgarosaurus Druckenmiller, 2002

Classification

Sauropterygia > Eosauropterygia > Eusauropterygia > Pistosauroidea > Plesiosauria >

Plesiosauroidea > Euplesiosauria > Cryptocleidoidea > Tricleidea > Polycotylidae

Species

E. muddi Druckenmiller, 2002 (type and only species)

Material

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Distribution

Thermopolis Shale, Lower Cretaceous, (Late Albian) of South Central Montana

Images

Restoration of the head of Edgarosaurus (original artwork by A. S. Smith).

Discussion

Edgarosaurus is a recently discovered (Druckenmiller, 2002) short necked plesiosauroid, a basal polycotylid.