Mauriciosaurus

In Depth        Mauriciosaurus is a genus of polycotylid plesiosaur known to have lived in waters of what would have been the southern portion of the Western Interior Seaway,‭ ‬the shallow sea that once submerged the middle portion of North America.‭ ‬The holotype‭ ‬specimen of Mauriciosaurus was found in Mexico,‭ ‬and has proven to be a … Read more

Palmulasaurus

In Depth        Palmulasaurus was initially named as Palmula when first described in‭ ‬2007,‭ ‬but it was soon realised that Palmula was actually preoccupied by a genus of foraminifer‭ (‬an amoeboid protist‭)‬,‭ ‬hence the later addition of the Ancient Greek‭ ‘‬saurus‭’ ‬which means‭ ‘‬lizard‭’‬.‭ ‬In‭ ‬2007‭ ‬Albright,‭ ‬Gillette and Titus also named of polycotylid plesiosaur from … Read more