Kansas Herpetofaunal Atlas

REPTILIA (Reptiles) PLESIOSAURIA (Plesiosaurs) POLYCOTYLIDAE ()

†Polycotylus latipinnis

Conservation Status:
Extinct

Diagnosis:

Distribution:

(, Museum Voucher) (, Observation) (, Literature Record) (, iNat Record), ( Fossil)
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Occurrence Summary:
5
Records
5
Museum Vouchers
0
Other Observations

Some county occurrences indicated below may be too imprecise to map above.
County Breakdown: County Name (# occurrences):
Logan (3); Russell (1); Unknown (1);

Natural History:

Remarks:

Bibliography:

1869	Cope, Edward D. Remarks on the fossil reptiles Clidastes propython, Polycotylus latipinnis and Ornithotarsus immanis. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 2(81):116-117
1872	Webb, William E. Buffalo Land - An authentic account of the discoveries, adventures, and mishaps of a scientific and sporting party in the Wild West. Hubbard Brothers, Philadelphia. 503pp.
1903	Williston, Samuel W. and Oliver C. Farrington. North American plesiosaurs. Part 1. Field Columbian Museum Geological Series 2(1):1-77
1946	Lane, Henry H. A survey of the fossil vertebrates of Kansas, Part III. The reptiles. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 49(3):289-332
1985	Schultze, Hans-Peter, L. Hunt, J. Chorn, and A. M. Neuner. Type and figured specimens of fossil vertebrates in the collection of the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History. Part II. Fossil amphibians and reptiles. University of Kansas Museum of Natural History, Miscellaneous Publications (77):1-66 Also check on several listed names not in KHA as KS taxa.
2016	Everhart, Michael J. William E. Webb — Civil War correspondent, railroad land baron, town founder, Kansas Legislator, adventurer, fossil collector, author. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 119(2):179-192

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