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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) and 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) and 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: Carroll 1988, Gervais 1852, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: base of the Turonian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 93.90000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (91 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Cretaceous | USA (Kansas) | Liodon ictericus (199538) | |
Cenomanian - Turonian | Australia (Western Australia) | Plioplatecarpinae indet. (110535) | |
Late/Upper Cretaceous | USA (Texas) | Platecarpus sp. (106192) | |
Late/Upper Cretaceous | Egypt | Platecarpus indet. (140710) | |
Late/Upper Cenomanian | Sweden | Plioplatecarpus sp. (70427) | |
Turonian - Santonian | USA (Kansas) | Platecarpus abruptus (107339) Platecarpus ictericus (38720) Platecarpus sp. (38721) | |
Late/Upper Turonian | Brazil | Platecarpus sp. (142100) | |
Middle Turonian | USA (Kansas) | Plioplatecarpini indet. (213527) | |
Coniacian - Santonian | USA (Kansas) | Liodon mudgei (199541) | |
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) | |
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) | |
Santonian | Australia (Western Australia) | Platecarpus sp. (142716) | |
Santonian | USA (Kansas) | Platecarpus planifrons (99385) | |
Santonian | USA (North Dakota) | Platecarpus sp. (107427) | |
Santonian - Maastrichtian | USA (Alabama) | Platecarpus sp. (107503) | |
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) | |
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Alabama) | Platecarpus sp. (81972) | |
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Mississippi) | Platecarpus tympaniticus (98972) | |
Late/Upper Santonian - Middle Campanian | USA (Georgia) | Platecarpus sp. (35289) | |
Campanian | USA (South Dakota) | Platecarpus ictericus (107674 109761) Platecarpus sp. (107642 107678 107679) | |
Campanian | Canada (Manitoba) | Platecarpus sp. (36746 36749) | |
Campanian | USA (Kansas) | Platecarpus sp. (107677) | |
Campanian | USA (Wyoming) | Platecarpus brachycephalus (105717) Platecarpus ictericus (107672 107675) | |
Campanian | USA (Montana) | Plioplatecarpus peckensis (194178) | |
Early/Lower Campanian | Sweden | Platecarpus somenensis (102883) | |
Early/Lower Campanian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Platecarpus ictericus (106328) Platecarpus sp. (106437) | |
Early/Lower Campanian | USA (North Carolina) | Platecarpus sp. (106277) | |
Early/Lower Campanian | Canada (Manitoba) | Plioplatecarpus nichollsae (23366 96685) Plioplatecarpus nichollsae, Latoplatecarpus willistoni (36446) | |
Early/Lower Campanian | Sweden (Skåne) | Platecarpus sp. (74334) | |
Early/Lower Campanian | Sweden (Skane) | Plioplatecarpus sp. (106409) | |
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | USA (South Dakota) | Platecarpus sp. (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 (Texas) | Plioplatecarpus sp. (106278) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Alabama) | Plioplatecarpus sp. (207338) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | USA (North Dakota) | Plioplatecarpus sp. (179297) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | Russian Federation (Volgograd) | Platecarpus sp. (59385) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Wyoming) | Platecarpus sp. (107641) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Plioplatecarpus primaevus (23368) | |
Late/Upper Campanian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | Platecarpus sp. (31993) | |
Middle Campanian | USA (Mississipii) | Platecarpus sp., Plioplatecarpus sp. (234539) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Canada (Alberta) | Plioplatecarpus sp. (52076) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Plioplatecarpus primaevus (155307) | |
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) | |
Maastrichtian | Congo-Kinshasa | Plioplatecarpus sp. (142145) | |
Maastrichtian | USA (South Dakota) | Platecarpus sp. (99710) | |
Maastrichtian | Niger (Tahoua) | Platecarpus sp., Plioplatecarpus sp. (104945) | |
Maastrichtian | USA (North Dakota) | Plioplatecarpus sp. (231457 231469) | |
Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Antarctica | Plioplatecarpus sp. (141244) | |
Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Canada (Alberta) | Plioplatecarpus sp. (14502) | |
Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Belgium | Plioplatecarpus houzeaui (82892) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Jordan | Platecarpus sp. (170239) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Netherlands (Limburg) | Plioplatecarpus marshi (138726) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (North Dakota) | Plioplatecarpus sp. (231459) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Antarctica | Plioplatecarpus sp. (215568) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Spain (Burgos) | Platecarpus ictericus (176782) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Plioplatecarpus sp. (140998) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Denmark | Plioplatecarpus sp. (140267 140268) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene | USA (New Jersey) | Plioplatecarpus sp. (26819) |