FHSM VP-4516
Platecarpus (Cope, 1869)
Taxonomy
Specimen Info
Kingdom
AnimaliaGenus
PlatecarpusPhylum
ChordataSpecies
Class
ReptiliaAuthor
CopeOrder
SquamataYear
1869Family
MosasauridaeCollected by
Dean, G.Date Collected
1925Identified By
Kovach, J.T.Date Identified
1975-11-02Type
Number of Pieces
75Description
Skeleton; Partial Skeleton,Locality
Lithostratigraphy
Country
United States of AmericaState/Province
KansasCounty
GrahamRemarks
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)
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