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Plioplatecarpus
Taxonomy
Plioplatecarpus was named by Dollo (1882) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp-u K Maes-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1069]. It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Cuthbertson et al. (2007).
It was assigned to Squamata by Sepkoski (2002); to Mosasauridae by McDowell and Bogert (1954), Carroll (1988), Novas et al. (2002); to Russellosaurina by Bell and Polcyn (2005); to Plioplatecarpidae by Tokaryk (1993), Bardet et al. (2005), Cuthbertson et al. (2007); to Plioplatecarpini by Russell (1967), Fernández et al. (2008), Komishi and Caldwell (2009); to Plioplatecarpinae by Holmes (1996), Martin and Crame (2006), Cuthbertson and Holmes (2015), Driscoll et al. (2019); and to Plioplatecarpini by Longrich et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Squamata by Sepkoski (2002); to Mosasauridae by McDowell and Bogert (1954), Carroll (1988), Novas et al. (2002); to Russellosaurina by Bell and Polcyn (2005); to Plioplatecarpidae by Tokaryk (1993), Bardet et al. (2005), Cuthbertson et al. (2007); to Plioplatecarpini by Russell (1967), Fernández et al. (2008), Komishi and Caldwell (2009); to Plioplatecarpinae by Holmes (1996), Martin and Crame (2006), Cuthbertson and Holmes (2015), Driscoll et al. (2019); and to Plioplatecarpini by Longrich et al. (2024).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1882 | Plioplatecarpus Dollo |
| 1889 | Oterognathus Dollo p. 69 |
| 1954 | Plioplatecarpus McDowell and Bogert p. 132 |
| 1967 | Plioplatecarpus Russell p. 158 |
| 1988 | Plioplatecarpus Carroll |
| 1993 | Plioplatecarpus Tokaryk |
| 1996 | Plioplatecarpus Holmes p. 674 |
| 2002 | Plioplatecarpus Novas et al. |
| 2002 | Plioplatecarpus Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Plioplatecarpus Bardet et al. |
| 2005 | Plioplatecarpus Bell and Polcyn p. 189 |
| 2006 | Plioplatecarpus Martin and Crame p. 113 |
| 2007 | Plioplatecarpus Cuthbertson et al. |
| 2008 | Plioplatecarpus Fernández et al. p. 179 |
| 2009 | Plioplatecarpus Komishi and Caldwell p. 418 |
| 2015 | Plioplatecarpus Cuthbertson and Holmes |
| 2019 | Plioplatecarpus Driscoll et al. |
| 2024 | Plioplatecarpus 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.
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
No diagnoses are available