FHSM VP-2116
Plesioplatecarpus planifrons (Cope, 1872)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
PlesioplatecarpusPhylum
ChordataSpecies
planifronsClass
ReptiliaAuthor
CopeOrder
SquamataYear
1872Family
MosasauridaeCollected by
Sternberg, G.F.Date Collected
1959-12-22Identified By
Konishi, T.;Caldwell, M.W.Date Identified
2011-07-03Type
Number of Pieces
1Description
Skeleton; Partial Skeleton, ; Skull; Complete Skull, ; ; Rib, ; ; Vertebra, ; ; Limb, forelimbLocality
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 (1 of 1)
Konishi, T., Caldwell, M.W. 2011. Two new plioplatecarpine (Squamata: Mosasauridae) genera from the upper Cretaceous of North America, and global phylogenetic analysis of plioplatecarpines. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 31:754-783