Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Synonym: Oterognathus Dollo 1889
Parent taxon: Plioplatecarpini according to N. R. Longrich et al. 2024
See also Bardet et al. 2005, Bell and Polcyn 2005, Carroll 1988, Cuthbertson and Holmes 2015, Cuthbertson et al. 2007, Driscoll et al. 2019, Fernández et al. 2008, Holmes 1996, Komishi and Caldwell 2009, Martin and Crame 2006, McDowell and Bogert 1954, Novas et al. 2002, Russell 1967, Sepkoski 2002 and Tokaryk 1993
Sister taxa: Latoplatecarpus, Platecarpus, Plesioplatecarpus
Subtaxa: Plioplatecarpus crassartus Plioplatecarpus houzeaui Plioplatecarpus marshi Plioplatecarpus peckensis Plioplatecarpus primaevus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey collection)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (2), Argentina (1), Belgium (1), Canada (4: Alberta, Saskatchewan), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Denmark (2), the Netherlands (1), Niger (1), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (2), United States (9: Alabama, Mississipii, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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