Plesioplatecarpus

Konishi and Caldwell 2011

Plesioplatecarpus is an extinct genus of plioplatecarpine mosasaur known from the Late Cretaceous of the northern Gulf of Mexico and the Western Interior Basin of North America.

Temporal range

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PBDB occurrences

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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Plesioplatecarpus Genus

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Bibliography

Original description

T. Konishi and M. 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 ↗