Reconstructed skeleton in Geocentrum, University of Uppsala
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Clade:
†Mosasauria
Family:
†Mosasauridae
Clade:
†Russellosaurina
Subfamily:
†Plioplatecarpinae
Tribe:
†Plioplatecarpini
Genus:
†Plesioplatecarpus Konishi & Caldwell, 2011
Species:
†P. planifrons
Binomial name
†Plesioplatecarpus planifrons
(Cope, 1874 [originally Clidastes planifrons])
Synonyms
Platecarpus planifrons (Cope, 1874)
Plesioplatecarpus is an extinct genus of plioplatecarpine mosasaur known from the Late Cretaceous (middle Coniacian to middle Santonian stage) of the northern Gulf of Mexico and the Western Interior Basin of North America.[1]
^Konishi, Takuya; Michael W. Caldwell (2011). "Two new plioplatecarpine (Squamata, Mosasauridae) genera from the Upper Cretaceous of North America, and a global phylogenetic analysis of plioplatecarpines". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (4): 754–783. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.579023. S2CID 85972311.
Plesioplatecarpus is an extinct genus of plioplatecarpine mosasaur known from the Late Cretaceous (middle Coniacian to middle Santonian stage) of the...
includes the genera Latoplatecarpus, Platecarpus, Plioplatecarpus and Plesioplatecarpus. Plioplatecarpines were small to medium-sized mosasaurs that were...
PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Mounted skeleton of a russellosaurine (Plesioplatecarpus planifrons) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia...
complete fossilized skull being unearthed. In 2011, a new generic name, Plesioplatecarpus, was erected by Takuya Konishi and Michael W. Caldwell to incorporate...
halisaurine Platecarpus P. tympaniticus Smoky Hill Chalk A plioplatecarpine Plesioplatecarpus P. planifrons Smoky Hill Chalk Tylosaurus T. nepaeolicus Smoky Hill...
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