Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Alternative combinations: Lestosaurus crassartus, Liodon crassartus, Prognathodon crassartus
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 Plioplatecarpus according to T. Konishi et al. 2011
See also Cope 1871, Cope 1874, Cope 1875, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Konishi et al. 2010 and Russell 1967
Sister taxa: Plioplatecarpus houzeaui, Plioplatecarpus marshi, Plioplatecarpus peckensis, Plioplatecarpus primaevus
Type specimen: AMNH 1562, a partial skeleton (vertebrae and limb elements)
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Plioplatecarpus crassartus in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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