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Platecarpinae (disused)

Reptilia - Mosasauridae

Taxonomy
Platecarpinae was named by Williston (1897). Its type is Platecarpus.

It was assigned to Mosasauridae by Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Chaffee (1939) and Kuhn (1966).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Platecarpinae Williston
1902Platecarpinae Hay p. 468
1930Platecarpinae Hay p. 259
1939Platecarpinae Chaffee p. 1
1966Platecarpinae Kuhn p. 59

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
familyMosasauridae
subfamilyPlatecarpinaeWilliston 1897
subfamilyPlatecarpinaeWilliston 1897

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. †Platecarpinae Williston 1897
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Diagnosis
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