FHSM VP-16446
Platecarpus (Cope, 1869)

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Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Platecarpus
Phylum
Chordata
Species
Class
Reptilia
Author
Cope
Order
Squamata
Year
1869
Family
Mosasauridae
Collected by
Schumacher, B.A.
Date Collected
2000-04-11
Identified By
Schumacher, B.A.
Date Identified
2006-01-26
Type
Number of Pieces
1
Description
Skull; Dentary, anterior tip; with 3 teeth

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Colorado
County
Otero
Remarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality information
Group
Colorado
Formation
Niobrara
Member
Smoky Hill
Zone
Bed
Local Fauna
Broken tooth

Chronostratigraphy

Biostratigraphy

Earliest Era
Mesozoic
Latest Era
Mesozoic
Earliest Period
Cretaceous
Latest Period
Cretaceous
Earliest Epoch
Upper
Latest Epoch
Upper
Earliest Age
Santonian
Latest Age
Santonian
Lowest Zone
Highest Zone