†Latoplatecarpus Konishi and Caldwell 2011 (mosasaur)
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Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Full reference: T. Konishi and M. W. Caldwell. 2011. Two new plioplatecarpine (Squamata, Mosasauridae) genera from the Upper Cretaceous of North America, and a global phylogenetic analysis of plioplatecarpines. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(4):754-783
Parent taxon: Plioplatecarpini according to N. R. Longrich et al. 2024
See also Driscoll et al. 2019 and Konishi and Caldwell 2011
Sister taxa: Platecarpus, Plesioplatecarpus, Plioplatecarpus
Subtaxa: Latoplatecarpus nichollsae Latoplatecarpus willistoni
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Manitoba collections)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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