FHSM VP-322
Platecarpus tympaniticus (Cope, 1869)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
PlatecarpusPhylum
ChordataSpecies
tympaniticusClass
ReptiliaAuthor
CopeOrder
SquamataYear
1869Family
MosasauridaeCollected by
Sternberg, G.F.Date Collected
1950-10-30Identified By
Russell, D.A.Date Identified
1905-05-20Type
Number of Pieces
Description
Skeleton; Complete Skeleton,Locality
Lithostratigraphy
Country
United States of AmericaState/Province
KansasCounty
GoveRemarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality informationGroup
ColoradoFormation
NiobraraMember
Smoky HillZone
Bed
Local Fauna
Chronostratigraphy
Biostratigraphy
Earliest Period
CretaceousLatest Period
CretaceousLowest Zone
Highest Zone
Publications (2 of 2)
Caldwell, M.W., 2007. Taxonomic re-assignment of the first-known mosasaur specimen from Japan and a discussion of circum-Pacific mosasaur paleobiogeography. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27:517-520
Everhart, M.J., 2008. A bitten skull of Tylosaurus kansasensis (Squamata: Mosasauridae) and a review of mosasaur-on-mosasaur pathologies in the fossil record. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 111:251-262