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Plioplatecarpini
Taxonomy
Plioplatecarpini was named by Russell (1967).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Plioplatecarpini by Longrich et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Plioplatecarpidae by Thurmond (1969); to Russellosaurina by Komishi and Caldwell (2009); and to Plioplatecarpinae by Russell (1967), Páramo (1994), Páramo-Fonseca (2000), Fernández et al. (2008), Longrich et al. (2024).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Plioplatecarpini by Longrich et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Plioplatecarpidae by Thurmond (1969); to Russellosaurina by Komishi and Caldwell (2009); and to Plioplatecarpinae by Russell (1967), Páramo (1994), Páramo-Fonseca (2000), Fernández et al. (2008), Longrich et al. (2024).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1967 | Plioplatecarpini Russell p. 148 |
| 1969 | Plioplatecarpini Thurmond p. 72 |
| 1994 | Plioplatecarpini Páramo p. 65 |
| 2000 | Plioplatecarpini Páramo-Fonseca p. 123 |
| 2008 | Plioplatecarpini Fernández et al. p. 183 |
| 2009 | Plioplatecarpini Komishi and Caldwell p. 418 |
| 2024 | Plioplatecarpini Longrich et al. |
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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.
Unr. †Plioplatecarpini Russell 1967
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G. †Latoplatecarpus Konishi and Caldwell 2011
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†Latoplatecarpus nichollsae Cuthbertson et al. 2007
†Latoplatecarpus willistoni Konishi and Caldwell 2011
G. †Platecarpus Cope 1869
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†Platecarpus crassartus Cope 1871
†Platecarpus curtirostris Cope 1871
†Platecarpus planifrons Cope 1874
†Platecarpus tympaniticus Cope 1869
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Invalid names: Holcodus coryphaeus Cope 1871 [synonym], Lestosaurus felix Marsh 1872 [synonym], Lestosaurus gracilis Marsh 1872 [synonym], Lestosaurus latifrons Marsh 1872 [synonym], Lestosaurus simus Marsh 1872 [synonym], Liodon ictericus Cope 1870 [synonym], Liodon mudgei Cope 1870 [synonym]
Invalid names: Holcodus Gibbes 1851 [synonym], Holosaurus Marsh 1880 [synonym], Lestosaurus Marsh 1872 [synonym], Platecarpus affinis Leidy 1873 [nomen dubium], Platecarpus anguliferus Cope 1874 [nomen vanum], Platecarpus brachycephalus Loomis 1915 [nomen dubium], Platecarpus glandiferus Cope 1871 [nomen dubium], Platecarpus latispinus Cope 1871 [nomen dubium], Platecarpus tectulus Cope 1871 [nomen dubium], Sironectes Cope 1874 [synonym]
G. †Plesioplatecarpus Konishi and Caldwell 2011
G. †Plioplatecarpus Dollo 1882
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†Plioplatecarpus crassartus Cope 1871
†Plioplatecarpus houzeaui Dollo 1889
†Plioplatecarpus marshi Dollo 1882
†Plioplatecarpus peckensis Cuthbertson and Holmes 2015
†Plioplatecarpus primaevus Russell 1967
Invalid names: Oterognathus Dollo 1889 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| D. A. Russell 1967 | "Canal through basioccipital and basisphenoid for basilar artery. Delicately proportioned jaws, teeth striated and subcircular in cross-section. Chevrons free. These are generally mosasaurs of moderate size, with relatively short jaws and long, slender teeth." |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Gervais 1852 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 100.50000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (95 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Cretaceous | USA (Kansas) | Liodon ictericus (199538) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Sweden | Plioplatecarpus sp. (70427) | |
| Cenomanian - Turonian | Australia (Western Australia) | Plioplatecarpinae indet. (110535) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | Egypt | Platecarpus indet. (140710) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | USA (Texas) | Platecarpus sp. (106192) | |
| Late/Upper Turonian | Brazil | Platecarpus sp. (142100) | |
| Middle Turonian | USA (Kansas) | Plioplatecarpini indet. (213527) | |
| Turonian - Santonian | USA (Kansas) | Platecarpus abruptus (107339) Platecarpus ictericus (38720) Platecarpus sp. (38721) | |
| Early/Lower Coniacian | USA (Texas) | Platecarpus coryphaeus (106188) | |
| Early/Lower Coniacian | Brazil | Platecarpus sp. (126912) | |
| Late/Upper Coniacian | USA (Kansas) | Platecarpus coryphaeus, Platecarpus ictericus (118152) Platecarpus sp. (212963) | |
| Coniacian - Santonian | USA (Kansas) | Liodon mudgei (199541) | |
| Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian | USA (Kansas) | Clidastes planifrons (123571) Platecarpus ictericus (215772) Platecarpus planifrons (123572 123574) | |
| Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian | USA (Texas) | Platecarpus planifrons (151422) | |
| Early/Lower Santonian | USA (Arkansas) | Platecarpus sp. (107639) | |
| Early/Lower Santonian - Middle Santonian | USA (New Mexico) | Platecarpus sp. (52037) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | USA (Kansas) | Platecarpus tympaniticus (118338) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | France (Aude) | Platecarpus sp. (233200) | |
| Middle Santonian - Late/Upper Santonian | USA (Kansas) | Platecarpus tympaniticus (241665) | |
| Santonian | Australia (Western Australia) | Platecarpus sp. (142716) | |
| Santonian | USA (North Dakota) | Platecarpus sp. (107427) | |
| Santonian | USA (Kansas) | Platecarpus planifrons (99385) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Mississippi) | Platecarpus tympaniticus (98972) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Alabama) | Platecarpus sp. (81972) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian - Middle Campanian | USA (Georgia) | Platecarpus sp. (35289) | |
| Santonian - Maastrichtian | USA (Alabama) | Platecarpus sp. (107503) | |
| Campanian | USA (Wyoming) | Platecarpus brachycephalus (105717) Platecarpus ictericus (107672 107675) | |
| Campanian | USA (Montana) | Plioplatecarpus peckensis (194178) | |
| Campanian | USA (Kansas) | Platecarpus sp. (107677) | |
| Campanian | USA (South Dakota) | Platecarpus ictericus (109761) Platecarpus sp. (107678 107679) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Canada (Manitoba) | Plioplatecarpus nichollsae (23366 96685) Plioplatecarpus nichollsae, Latoplatecarpus willistoni (36446) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | USA (North Carolina) | Platecarpus sp. (106277) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Platecarpus ictericus (106328) Platecarpus sp. (106437) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Sweden (Skane) | Plioplatecarpus sp. (106409) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | Sweden (Skåne) | Platecarpus somenensis (102883) Platecarpus sp. (74334) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | USA (South Dakota) | Platecarpus ictericus (107674) Platecarpus sp. (107642 107676) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | USA (North Carolina) | Platecarpus sp. (57918) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (South Dakota) | Plioplatecarpus primaevus (107704) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Alabama) | Plioplatecarpus sp. (207338) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Plioplatecarpus primaevus (23368) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Russian Federation (Volgograd) | Platecarpus sp. (59385) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (North Dakota) | Plioplatecarpus sp. (179297) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | Platecarpus sp. (31993) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Texas) | Plioplatecarpus sp. (106278) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Wyoming) | Platecarpus sp. (107641) | |
| Middle Campanian | USA (Mississipii) | Platecarpus sp., Plioplatecarpus sp. (234539) | |
| Middle Campanian | Canada (Manitoba) | Platecarpus sp. (36746 36749 241439) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Plioplatecarpus primaevus (155307) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Canada (Alberta) | Plioplatecarpus sp. (52076) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Russian Federation (Volgograd) | Plioplatecarpus sp. (38075) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Syria | Plioplatecarpini indet. (117849 117850 117852 117853 117854 117855 117857 117863) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian | Canada (Manitoba) | Platecarpus sp. (241440) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Belgium | Plioplatecarpus houzeaui (82892) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Antarctica | Plioplatecarpus sp. (141244) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Canada (Alberta) | Plioplatecarpus sp. (14502) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Netherlands (Limburg) | Plioplatecarpus marshi (138726) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Antarctica (Isla Marambio) | Plioplatecarpus sp. (235930) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Spain (Burgos) | Platecarpus ictericus (176782) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (North Dakota) | Plioplatecarpus sp. (231459) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Antarctica | Plioplatecarpus sp. (215568) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Jordan | Platecarpus sp. (170239) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Denmark | Plioplatecarpus sp. (140267 140268) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Plioplatecarpus sp. (140998) | |
| Maastrichtian | Niger (Tahoua) | Platecarpus sp., Plioplatecarpus sp. (104945) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (North Dakota) | Plioplatecarpus sp. (231457 231469) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (South Dakota) | Platecarpus sp. (99710) | |
| Maastrichtian | Congo-Kinshasa | Plioplatecarpus sp. (142145) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene | USA (New Jersey) | Plioplatecarpus sp. (26819) |