Palmulasaurus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of reptiles}}

{{Italic title}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Palmulasaurus

| image = Palmulasaurus quadratus.png

| image_caption = Life restoration

| fossil_range = Turonian
~{{fossil range|94|89}}

| taxon = Palmulasaurus

| parent_authority = Albright et al., 2007

| authority = Albright et al., 2007

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• {{extinct}}P. quadratus Albright et al., 2007 (originally Palmula quadratus) (type)

| synonyms = Palmula Albright et al., 2007 (preoccupied by Palmula Lea, 1833)

}}

Palmulasaurus is a genus of polycotylid plesiosaur from the Turonian Tropic Shale of Utah. It was originally described as Palmula, but the name was occupied by a genus of Cretaceous foraminifer first described in 1833.{{cite journal |last=Albright |first=L.B. III |author2=Gillette, D.D. |author3= Titus, A.L. |year=2007 |title=Plesiosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) Tropic Shale of southern Utah, Part 2: Polycotylidae |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=41–58 |doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[41:PFTUCC]2.0.CO;2|s2cid=130268187 |url=http://doc.rero.ch/record/15002/files/PAL_E2155.pdf }}{{cite journal |last=Albright |first=L.B. III |author2=Gillette, D.D. |author3= Titus, A.L. |year=2007 |title=Plesiosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) Tropic Shale of southern Utah, Part 2: Polycotylidae; Replacement names for the preoccupied genus Palmula and the subfamily Palmulainae |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=27 |issue=4 |pages=1051 |doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[1051:PFTUCC]2.0.CO;2|s2cid=131168734 }}