Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae

Alternative combinations: Lestosaurus crassartus, Liodon crassartus, Prognathodon crassartus

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 Plioplatecarpus according to T. Konishi et al. 2011

See also Cope 1871, Cope 1874, Cope 1875, Cope 1872, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Konishi et al. 2010 and Russell 1967

Sister taxa: Plioplatecarpus houzeaui, Plioplatecarpus marshi, Plioplatecarpus peckensis, Plioplatecarpus primaevus

Type specimen: AMNH 1562, a partial skeleton (vertebrae and limb elements). Its type locality is near Eagle Tail, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Pierre Shale Formation of Kansas.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at near Eagle Tail

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