Plioplatecarpus

Plioplatecarpus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
P. primaevus skull
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Clade: †Mosasauria
Family: †Mosasauridae
Clade: †Russellosaurina
Subfamily: †Plioplatecarpinae
Tribe: †Plioplatecarpini
Genus: †Plioplatecarpus
Dollo, 1882
Species
  • †P. marshi Dollo, 1882 (type)
  • †P. depressus (Cope, 1869)
  • †P. primaevus Russell, 1967
  • †P. houzeaui (Dollo, 1889)
  • †P. peckensis Cuthbertson and Holmes, 2015
Synonyms
  • Oterognathus Dollo, 1889

Plioplatecarpus is a genus of mosasaur lizard. Like all mosasaurs, it lived in the late Cretaceous period, about 73-68 million years ago.

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