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#NewSpecies of #Plesiosaur Identified in United States
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/unktaheela-specta-12581.htmlA new genus of small polycotylid #plesiosaurs from the Upper #Cretaceous of the #WesternInteriorSeaway and a clarification of the genus Dolichorhynchops https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195667123003403
"Although convergent with #pliosaurids, the smaller gape and teeth of most #polycotylids indicate they occupied a different ecological niche."