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Platecarpus curtirostris

Reptilia - Mosasauridae

Taxonomy
Liodon curtirostris was named by Cope (1871).

It was recombined as Lestosaurus curtirostris by Marsh (1872) and Hay (1902); it was recombined as Platecarpus curtirostris by Cope (1874), Cope (1875), Hay (1930), Thurmond (1969) and Thurmond and Jones (1981); it was synonymized subjectively with Platecarpus ictericus by Russell (1967); it was synonymized subjectively with Platecarpus tympaniticus by Konishi et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Liodon curtirostris Cope p. 10
1872Lestosaurus curtirostris Marsh p. 461
1874Platecarpus curtirostris Cope p. 35
1875Platecarpus curtirostris Cope p. 150
1902Lestosaurus curtirostris Hay p. 470
1930Platecarpus curtirostris Hay p. 260
1969Platecarpus curtirostris Thurmond p. 74
1981Platecarpus curtirostris Thurmond and Jones p. 159

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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()
genusPlatecarpus
speciescurtirostris()

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.

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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Gervais 1852
Collections
No collection or age range data are available