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Plioplatecarpus peckensis

Reptilia - Mosasauridae

Taxonomy
Plioplatecarpus peckensis was named by Cuthbertson and Holmes (2015). Its type specimen is MOR 1062, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fort Peck Reservoir (MOR BS-104), which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Bearpaw Shale Formation of Montana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Plioplatecarpus peckensis Cuthbertson and Holmes pp. e922980-2 figs. 1-19
2019Plioplatecarpus peckensis 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()
genusPlioplatecarpusDollo 1882
speciespeckensis

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.

†Plioplatecarpus peckensis Cuthbertson and Holmes 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Reproduction: ovoviviparousf
Created: 2018-01-05 16:32:54
Modified: 2018-01-05 16:32:54
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Gervais 1852, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Montana) Plioplatecarpus peckensis (type locality: 194178)