Aptychodon

Aptychodon (meaning "unwrinkled tooth") is an extinct genus of plesiosaur from the Cretaceous of what is now the Czech Republic. The genus was named by Reuss in 1855.

Aptychodon Temporal range: Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Superorder:	Sauropterygia
Order:	Plesiosauria
Genus:	Aptychodon Reuss, 1855
Species
Aptychodon cretaceius (type) Reuss, 1855

See also

• Timeline of plesiosaur research
• List of plesiosaur genera

References

• Sepkoski, J.J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

External links

• Aptychodon in the Paleobiology Database