Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
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
Sister taxa: Platecarpus affinis, Platecarpus anguliferus, Platecarpus brachycephalus, Platecarpus curtirostris, Platecarpus glandiferus, Platecarpus latispinus, Platecarpus planifrons, Platecarpus tectulus, Platecarpus tympaniticus, Sironectes anguliferus, Lestosaurus latispinus, Lestosaurus tectulus, Lestosaurus glandiferus, Holcodus acutidens
Type specimen: AMNH 1562, a partial skeleton (vertebrae and limb elements)
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Platecarpus crassartus in the database
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