Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Full reference: D. A. Russell. 1967. Systematics and morphology of American mosasaurs (Reptilia, Sauria). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 23:1-252
Belongs to Plioplatecarpus according to D. A. Driscoll et al. 2019
See also Holmes 1996 and Russell 1967
Sister taxa: Plioplatecarpus crassartus, Plioplatecarpus houzeaui, Plioplatecarpus marshi, Plioplatecarpus peckensis
Type specimen: USNM 18254, a partial skeleton (quadrate, anterior dorsal vertebrae, scapulocoracoids). Its type locality is SE of Pierre, which is in a Campanian marine shale in the Pierre Shale Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Saskatchewan collections), United States (1: South Dakota)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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