Piratosaurus (meaning "Multiplied pirate lizard") is a dubious genus of plesiosaur[1] possibly belonging to the Polycotylidae[2] that is known exclusively from the type species P. plicatus, named and described by Joseph Leidy in 1865.[3] It is known only from the holotype, USNM V 1000, a tooth, discovered in Late Cretaceous-aged rocks in the Red River basin of Manitoba; at least one researcher erroneously assumed it was found in Minnesota.[1]
Piratosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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Genus: | †Piratosaurus Leidy, 1865
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†Piratosaurus plicatus Leidy, 1865
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edit- ^ a b Hay, O. P. (1930). Second Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America 390(II):1-1074
- ^ J. J. Sepkoski. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
- ^ Leidy, J. (1865). Cretaceous reptiles of the United States. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 192:1-135