Dolichorhynchops adalah genusplesiosauriaPolycotylidae yang sudah punah dari Kapur Akhir (sub-kala Turonian awal sampai Kampanium akhir) dari Amerika Utara, mengandung tiga spesies, D. osborni, D. bonneri dan D. tropicensis,[1] juga spesies keempat yang diragukan, D. herschelensis.[2]Dolichorhynchops adalah reptil laut prasejarah. Nama generiknya merupakan bahasa Yunani yang berarti "wajah berhidung panjang".
Klasifikasi
Di bawah ini adalah kladogram kekerabatan Polycotylidae dari Ketchum & Benson, 2011.[2]
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