Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Alternative combination: Plioplatecarpus depressus
Synonyms: Baptosaurus fraternus Marsh 1869, Halisaurus fraternus Marsh 1869, Mosasaurus copeanus Marsh 1869
Belongs to Mosasaurus according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Cope 1870, Driscoll et al. 2019, Hay 1902, Marsh 1869 and Russell 1967
Sister taxa: Mosasaurus beaugei, Mosasaurus caroliniensis, Mosasaurus conodon, Mosasaurus couperi, Mosasaurus dekayi, Mosasaurus flemingi, Mosasaurus gaudryi, Mosasaurus gracilis, Mosasaurus grosjeani, Mosasaurus hobetsuensis, Mosasaurus hoffmannii, Mosasaurus horridus, Mosasaurus impar, Mosasaurus ivoensis, Mosasaurus lemonnieri, Mosasaurus lonzeensis, Mosasaurus minor, Mosasaurus missouriensis, Mosasaurus mokoroa, Mosasaurus occidentalis, Mosasaurus prismaticus, Mosasaurus reversus, Mosasaurus scanicus, Nectoportheus validus, Amphekepubis johnsoni, Macrosaurus validus, Macrosaurus laevis
Type specimens:
- Mosasaurus depressus: Its type locality is Pemberton Marl Company pit (Hornerstown), which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine marl in the Hornerstown Formation of New Jersey
- Halisaurus fraternus: YPM 445.
- Mosasaurus copeanus:
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: New Jersey, Tennessee collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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