Platecarpus

Platecarpus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mosasauroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha unranked: Pythonomorpha Superfamilia: †Mosasauroidea

Familia: †Mosasauridae
Parafamilia: †Russellosaurina
Subfamilia: †Plioplatecarpinae
Tribus: †Plioplatecarpini
Genus: †Platecarpus
Species: †P. bocagei – †P. planifrons – †P. tympaniticus

Name

Platecarpus Cope, 1869

Type species: †Platecarpus tympaniticus Cope, 1869

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1869. On the reptilian orders Pythonomorpha and Streptosauria. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 12: 250–266. Biostor Reference page. 

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