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Plioplatecarpus
Taxonomy
Plioplatecarpus was named by Dollo (1882) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp-u K Maes-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1069]. It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Cuthbertson et al. (2007).
It was assigned to Squamata by Sepkoski (2002); to Mosasauridae by McDowell and Bogert (1954), Carroll (1988) and Novas et al. (2002); to Russellosaurina by Bell and Polcyn (2005); to Plioplatecarpidae by Tokaryk (1993), Bardet et al. (2005) and Cuthbertson et al. (2007); to Plioplatecarpini by Russell (1967), Fernández et al. (2008) and Komishi and Caldwell (2009); to Plioplatecarpinae by Holmes (1996), Martin and Crame (2006), Cuthbertson and Holmes (2015) and Driscoll et al. (2019); and to Plioplatecarpini by Longrich et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Squamata by Sepkoski (2002); to Mosasauridae by McDowell and Bogert (1954), Carroll (1988) and Novas et al. (2002); to Russellosaurina by Bell and Polcyn (2005); to Plioplatecarpidae by Tokaryk (1993), Bardet et al. (2005) and Cuthbertson et al. (2007); to Plioplatecarpini by Russell (1967), Fernández et al. (2008) and Komishi and Caldwell (2009); to Plioplatecarpinae by Holmes (1996), Martin and Crame (2006), Cuthbertson and Holmes (2015) and Driscoll et al. (2019); and to Plioplatecarpini by Longrich et al. (2024).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1882 | Plioplatecarpus Dollo |
1889 | Oterognathus Dollo p. 69 |
1954 | Plioplatecarpus McDowell and Bogert p. 132 |
1967 | Plioplatecarpus Russell p. 158 |
1988 | Plioplatecarpus Carroll |
1993 | Plioplatecarpus Tokaryk |
1996 | Plioplatecarpus Holmes p. 674 |
2002 | Plioplatecarpus Novas et al. |
2002 | Plioplatecarpus Sepkoski |
2005 | Plioplatecarpus Bardet et al. |
2005 | Plioplatecarpus Bell and Polcyn p. 189 |
2006 | Plioplatecarpus Martin and Crame p. 113 |
2007 | Plioplatecarpus Cuthbertson et al. |
2008 | Plioplatecarpus Fernández et al. p. 179 |
2009 | Plioplatecarpus Komishi and Caldwell p. 418 |
2015 | Plioplatecarpus Cuthbertson and Holmes |
2019 | Plioplatecarpus Driscoll et al. |
2024 | Plioplatecarpus Longrich et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Plioplatecarpus Dollo 1882
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†Plioplatecarpus crassartus Cope 1871
†Plioplatecarpus houzeaui Dollo 1889
†Plioplatecarpus marshi Dollo 1882
†Plioplatecarpus peckensis Cuthbertson and Holmes 2015
†Plioplatecarpus primaevus Russell 1967
Invalid names: Oterognathus Dollo 1889 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
References: Gervais 1852, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 99.60000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (26 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Cenomanian | Sweden | P. sp. (70427) | |
Campanian | USA (Montana) | P. peckensis (194178) | |
Early/Lower Campanian | Sweden (Skane) | P. sp. (106409) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Alabama) | P. sp. (207338) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | USA (South Dakota) | P. primaevus (107704) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Texas) | P. sp. (106278) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | USA (North Dakota) | P. sp. (179297) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | P. primaevus (23368) | |
Middle Campanian | USA (Mississipii) | P. sp. (234539) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Canada (Alberta) | P. sp. (52076) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | P. primaevus (155307) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Russian Federation (Volgograd) | P. sp. (38075) | |
Maastrichtian | Niger (Tahoua) | P. sp. (104945) | |
Maastrichtian | Congo-Kinshasa | P. sp. (142145) | |
Maastrichtian | USA (North Dakota) | P. sp. (231457 231469) | |
Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Belgium | P. houzeaui (82892) | |
Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Antarctica | P. sp. (141244) | |
Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Canada (Alberta) | P. sp. (14502) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Netherlands (Limburg) | P. marshi (138726) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Argentina (Río Negro) | P. sp. (140998) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Antarctica | P. sp. (215568) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Denmark | P. sp. (140267 140268) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (North Dakota) | P. sp. (231459) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene | USA (New Jersey) | P. sp. (26819) |