Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Alternative combinations: Lestosaurus curtirostris, Liodon curtirostris
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1871. Catalogue of the Pythonomorpha found in the Cretaceous strata of Kansas. Proceedings of the American Philosphical Society (separate) 1-24
Belongs to Platecarpus according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Cope 1871, Cope 1874, Cope 1875, Hay 1902, Konishi et al. 2010, Russell 1967, Thurmond 1969 and Thurmond and Jones 1981
Sister taxa: Platecarpus affinis, Platecarpus anguliferus, Platecarpus brachycephalus, Platecarpus crassartus, Platecarpus glandiferus, Platecarpus latispinus, Platecarpus planifrons, Platecarpus tectulus, Platecarpus tympaniticus, Sironectes anguliferus, Lestosaurus glandiferus, Lestosaurus tectulus, Lestosaurus latispinus, Holcodus acutidens
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Platecarpus curtirostris in the database
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