Species
Valid Extinct

Latoplatecarpus nichollsae

(Cuthbertson et al. 2007)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Mosasaures
Carnivore aquatic Terrestrial
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Classification
Mosasauridae Family
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Plioplatecarpinae Subfamily
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Plioplatecarpini Unranked clade
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Latoplatecarpus Genus
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Latoplatecarpus nichollsae Species
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
3
Geological formations
Pierre Shale
3
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
3
Bibliography
Original description
T. Komishi and M. W. Caldwell. 2009. New material of the mosasaur Plioplatecarpus nichollsae Cuthbertson et al., 2007, clarifies problematic features of the holotype specimen. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(2):417-436 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
T. Komishi and M. W. Caldwell. 2009. New material of the mosasaur Plioplatecarpus nichollsae Cuthbertson et al., 2007, clarifies problematic features of the holotype specimen. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(2):417-436 DOI ↗
R. S. Cuthbertson, J. C. Mallon, and N. E. Campione, R. B. Holmes. 2007. A new species of mosasaur (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Pierre Shale (lower Campanian) of Manitoba. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 44:593-606 DOI ↗