Name - Platecarpus Cope 1869

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1774156 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Platecarpus

• Platecarpus Cope

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Genus

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• First record of the mosasaur Platecarpus Cope, 1869 from South America and its systematic implications.
• New specimens of Platecarpus planifrons (Cope, 1874) (Squamata: Mosasauridae) and a revised taxonomy of the genus.
• Redescription of the holotype of Platecarpus tympaniticus Cope, 1869 (Mosasauridae: Plioplatecarpinae), and its implications for the alpha taxonomy of the genus.
• A mosasaur fauna (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Hannover, northern Germany.

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