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Latoplatecarpus willistoni

Reptilia - Mosasauridae

Taxonomy
Latoplatecarpus willistoni was named by Konishi and Caldwell (2011). Its type specimen is TMP 84.162.01, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pembina Member, Pierre Shale, which is in a Campanian marine shale/ash in the Pierre Shale Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Latoplatecarpus willistoni Konishi and Caldwell pp. 757-773 figs. 2-16, 18
2014Latoplatecarpus willistoni Fanti et al.
2019Latoplatecarpus willistoni Driscoll et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
familyMosasauridae
—Russellosaurina(Bell 1997)
subfamilyPlioplatecarpinae(Dollo 1884)
—Plioplatecarpini()
genusLatoplatecarpus
specieswillistoni

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.

†Latoplatecarpus willistoni Konishi and Caldwell 2011
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. Konishi and M. W. Caldwell 2011"Frontal ala pointed; parietal foramen length:width ratio smaller than 1.5; splenial-angular contact via single vertical ridge-and-groove articulation; surangular dorsal border as well as ventral border straight; intervertebral joints exhibiting high degree of curvature."