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Megacephalosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous |
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| Holotype skull (FHSM VP 321) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Family: | †Pliosauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Brachaucheninae |
| Genus: |
†Megacephalosaurus Schumacher et al., 2013 |
| Type species | |
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†Megacephalosaurus eulerti Schumacher et al., 2013 |
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Megacephalosaurus is an extinct genus of brachaucheninepliosaurid plesiosaur known from the early Late Cretaceous Carlile Shale (middle Turonian stage) of Russell County, Kansas, United States. It contains a single species, Megacephalosaurus eulerti.