Pahasapasaurus haasi (lat.) - a species of extinct reptiles from the family of polycotilides , the only one in the genus Pahasapasaurus . They lived in the Cretaceous period (99.7–94.3 million years ago) [2] in the territory of the modern USA .
| † Pahasapasaurus haasi |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Infraclass : | Lepidosauromorphs |
| Squadron : | † Zavroperterigia |
| Superfamily : | † Plesiosauroids |
| Treasure : | † Cryptoclidoidea |
| Gender: | † Pahasapasaurus Schumacher, 2007 |
| View: | † Pahasapasaurus haasi |
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Pahasapasaurus haasi
Schumacher, 2007 [1] |
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Representatives reached a length of 6 meters. The species was described in 2007 by B. A. Schumacher. Holotype AMM 98.1.1, consists of a partial skeleton (fragmentary skull, parts of the left front and back fins, parts of the poorly preserved vertebral column and chest bones). It was found in the Maloney Creek area in the Greenhorn Limestone Formation in North Dakota [1] .