Polyptychodon
| Polyptychodon Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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| P. interruptus jaw with tooth | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Superorder: | †Sauropterygia |
| Order: | †Plesiosauria |
| Suborder: | †Pliosauroidea |
| Family: | †Pliosauridae |
| Clade: | †Thalassophonea |
| Subfamily: | †Brachaucheninae |
| Genus: | †Polyptychodon Owen, 1841 |
| Type species | |
| †Polyptychodon interruptus Owen, 1841
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Polyptychodon (meaning 'many-folded tooth') is a genus of pliosaurid found in Middle-Late Cretaceous marine deposits in southern England, France and Argentina. It has been considered a nomen dubium in a 2016 review.