Plesioplatecarpus
| Plesioplatecarpus | |
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| Reconstructed skeleton in Geocentrum, University of Uppsala
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Clade: | †Mosasauria |
| Superfamily: | †Mosasauroidea |
| Family: | †Mosasauridae |
| Clade: | †Russellosaurina |
| Subfamily: | †Plioplatecarpinae |
| Tribe: | † Plioplatecarpini
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| Genus: | †Plesioplatecarpus Konishi & Caldwell, 2011 |
| Species: | †P. planifrons
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| Binomial name | |
| †Plesioplatecarpus planifrons | |
| Synonyms | |
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Platecarpus planifrons (Cope, 1874) | |
Plesioplatecarpus is an
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]
History
Plesioplatecarpus was originally named by
AMNH 1491, a nearly complete skeleton. Many other specimens are also referred to this species, including FHSM VP2116 and 2296, UALVP 24240 and 40402 and YPM 40508.[1]
References
- ^ S2CID 85972311.