Classification
Sites de découverte 152 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
Formations géologiques
Distribution temporelle
Maastrichtien
(72.2–66 Ma)
35
Campanien
(83.6–72.2 Ma)
74
Santonien
(85.7–83.6 Ma)
12
Coniacien
(89.8–85.7 Ma)
20
Turonien
(93.9–89.8 Ma)
8
Cénomanien
(100.5–93.9 Ma)
2
Albien
(113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Synonymes (2)
Platecarpus ptychodon
nomen dubium, species not entered Plioplatecarpinae
Platecarpus somenensis
nomen dubium, species not entered Plioplatecarpinae
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Bibliographie
Description originale
J. T. Thurmond. 1969. Notes on mosasaurs from Texas. The Texas Journal of Science 21(1):69-80
Bibliographie (89)
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M. E. Páramo Fonseca, J. A. Narváez Rincón, and C. D. Benavides-Cabra. 2025. Oneirosaurus caballeroi gen. et sp. nov., a new mosasaur from Colombia. Earth Sciences Research Journal 29(3):231-247
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N. R. Longrich, M. J. Polcyn, and N.-E. Jalil, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, N. Bardet. 2024. A bizarre new plioplatecarpine mosasaurid from the Maastrichtian of Morocco. Cretaceous Research
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M. Plasse, X. Valentin, and G. Garcia, G. Guinot, N. Bardet. 2024. New remains of Mosasauroidea (Reptilia, Squamata) from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) of Aude, southern France. Cretaceous Research 157(105823):1-16
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T. H. Rempert, B. P. Martens, and A. P. M. Vinkeles Melchers. 2024. New mosasaur remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Mississippi. The Mosasaur 13:79-90
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H. E. Rivera-Sylva, N. R. Longrich, and J. M. Padilla-Gutierrez, J. R. Guzmán-Gutiérrez, V. M. Escalante-Hernández, J. G. González- Ávila. 2024. A new species of Yaguarasaurus (Mosasauridae: Plioplatecarpinae) from the Agua Nueva Formation (Upper Turonian – ?Lower Coniacian) of Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 133(104694)
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C. R. Kiernan and J. A. Ebersole. 2023. Two new plioplatecarpine mosasaurs (Mosasauridae; Plioplatecarpinae) of the
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M.J. Polcyn, N. Bardet, and LB Albright III, A. Titus. 2023. A new lower Turonian mosasaurid from the Western Interior Seaway and the antiquity of the unique basicranial circulation pattern in Plioplatecarpinae. Cretaceous Research 151(2023):105621
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J. G. Allen and K. Shimada. 2022. Fossil vertebrates from a unique marine bonebed of the Upper Cretaceous Smoky Hill Chalk, western Kansas, U.S.A.: new insights into the paleoecology of the Niobrara Formation. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 41(e2066999)
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N. Bardet, G. Guinot, and I. O. Yılmaz, I. Hoşgör. 2022. New marine vertebrates (elasmobranchs, actinopterygians, reptiles) from the Upper Cretaceous Arabic Platform of SE Turkey. Comptes Rendus Palevol 21:837-845
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M. R. Woolley, A. Chinsamy, and M. W. Caldwell. 2022. Unraveling the taxonomy of the South African mosasaurids. Frontiers in Earth Science 10:971968:1-22
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C. R. C. Strong, M. W. Caldwell, and T. Konishi, A. Palci. 2020. A new species of longirostrine plioplatecarpine mosasaur (Squamata:
Mosasauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco, with a re-evaluation
of the problematic taxon ‘Platecarpus’ ptychodon. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 18(21):1769-1804
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A. D. Gentry, J. A. Ebersole, and C. R. Kiernan. 2019. Asmodochelys parhami, a new fossil marine turtle from the Campanian Demopolis Chalk and the stratigraphic congruence of competing marine turtle phylogenies. Royal Society Open Science 6:191950:1-12
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J. J. Hornung, M. Reich, and U. Frerichs. 2018. A mosasaur fauna (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Hannover, northern Germany. Alcheringa 42(4):543-559
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S. Sachs, J. J. Hornung, and U. Scheer. 2018. Mosasaurid and plesiosaurian remains from marginal facies of the lower Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) Bottrop and Vaals formations of western Germany. Cretaceous Research 87:358-367
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R. S. Cuthbertson and R. B. Holmes. 2015. A new species of Plioplatecarpus (Mosasauridae, Plioplatecarpinae) from the Bearpaw Formation (Campanian, Upper Cretaceous) of Montana, USA. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(3):e922980:1-18
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P. R. Bell, F. Fanti, and M. T. Mitchell, P. J. Currie. 2014. Marine reptiles (Plesiosauria and Mosasauridae) from the Puskwaskau Formation (Santonian-Campanian), West-Central Alberta. Journal of Paleontology 88(1):187-194
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H. Cappetta, N. Bardet, and X. Pereda Suberbiola, S. Adnet, D. Akkrim, M. Amalik, A. Benabdallah. 2014. Marine vertebrate faunas from the Maastrichtian phosphates of Benguérir (Ganntour Basin, Morocco): Biostratigraphy, palaeobiogeography and palaeoecology. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 409:217-238
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G. L. Bell Jr., K. R. Barnes, and M. J. Polcyn. 2013. Late Cretaceous mosasauroids (Reptilia, Squamata) of the Big bend region in Texas, USA. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 103:571-581
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A. M. Sørensen, F. Surlyk, and J. Lindgren. 2013. Food resources and habitat selection of a diverse vertebrate fauna from the upper lower Campanian of the Kristianstad Basin, southern Sweden. Cretaceous Research 42(1):85-92
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N. Bardet. 2012. The mosasaur collections of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle of Paris. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 183(1):35-53
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M. S. Fernández and Z. Gasparini. 2012. Campanian and Maastrichtian mosasaurs from Antarctic Peninsula and Patagonia, Argentina. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 183(2):93-102
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O. Mateus, M. J. Polcyn, and L. L. Jacobs, R. Arujo, A. S. Schulp, J. Marinheiro, B. Pereira, D. P. Vineyard. 2012. Cretaceous amniotes from Angola: dinosaurs, pterosaurs, mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, turtles. Actas de V Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontologia de Dinosaurios y su Entorno, Salas de los Infantes, Burgos
T. Konishi and M. W. Caldwell. 2011. Two new plioplatecarpine (Squamata, Mosasauridae) genera from the Upper Cretaceous of North America, and a global phylogenetic analysis of plioplatecarpines. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(4):754-783
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J. Lindgren, M. J. Everhart, and M. W. Caldwell. 2011. Three-dimensionally preserved integument reveals hydrodynamic adaptations in the extinct marine lizard Ectenosaurus (Reptilia, Mosasauridae). PLoS One 6(11):e27343
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M. E. Páramo-Fonseca. 2011. Mosasauroids from Colombia. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 182(2):103-109
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T. Konishi, M. W. Caldwell, and G. L. Bell, Jr. 2010. Redescription of the holotype of Platecarpus tympaniticus Cope, 1869 (Mosasauridae: Plioplatecarpinae), and its implications for the alpha taxonomy of the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(5):1410-1421
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J. Lindgren, M. W. Caldwell, and T. Konishi, L. M. Chiappe. 2010. Convergent evolution in aquatic tetrapods: insights from an exceptional fossil mosasaur. PLoS One 5(8):e11998
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T. Komishi and M. W. Caldwell. 2009. New material of the mosasaur Plioplatecarpus nichollsae Cuthbertson et al., 2007, clarifies problematic features of the holotype specimen. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(2):417-436
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M. Fernández, J. Martin, and S. Casadío. 2008. Mosasaurs (Reptilia) from the late Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of northern Patagonia (Río Negro, Argentina). Journal of South American Earth Sciences 25(2):176-186
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B. P. Kear, T. H. Rich, and M. A. Ali, Y. A. Al-Mufarrih, A. H. Matiri, A. M. Masary, Y. Attia. 2008. Late Cretaceous (Campanian–Maastrichtian) marine reptiles from the Adaffa Formation, NW Saudi Arabia. Geological Magazine 145(5):648-654
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M. J. Polcyn and M. J. Everhart. 2008. Description and phylogenetic analysis of a new species of Selmasaurus (Mosasauridae: Plioplatecarpinae) from the Niobrara Chalk of Western Kansas. Proceedings of the second Mosasaur Meeting
R. S. Cuthbertson, J. C. Mallon, and N. E. Campione, R. B. Holmes. 2007. A new species of mosasaur (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Pierre Shale (lower Campanian) of Manitoba. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 44:593-606
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S. A. Hamm and K. Shimada. 2007. The Late Cretaceous anacoracid shark, Pseudocorax laevis (Leriche), from the Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 110:44-52
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J. W. Hoganson, J. M. Erickson, and F. D. Holland. 2007. Amphibian, reptilian, and avian remains from the Fox Hills Formation (Maastrichtian): shoreline and estuarine deposits of the Pierre Sea in south-central North Dakota. The Geology and Paleontology of the Late Cretaceous Marine Deposits of the Dakotas. Geological Society of America Special Paper 427:239-256
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T. Konishi and M. W. Caldwell. 2007. New specimens of Platecarpus planifrons (Cope, 1874) (Squamata: Mosasauridae) and a revised taxonomy of the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(1):59-72
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J. W. M. Jagt, N. Motchurova-Dekova, and P. Ivanov, H. Capetta, A. S. Schulp. 2006. Latest Cretaceous mosasaurs and lamniform sharks from Labirinta cave, Vratsa district (northwest Bulgaria): a preliminary note. Annales Geologiques de la Peninsule Balkanique 67:51-63
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H. F. Kaddumi. 2006. A new genus and species of gigantic marine turtles (Chelonioidea: Cheloniidae) from the Maastrichtian of the Harrana Fauna-Jordan. PalArch Vertebrate Paleontology 2(1):1-14
J. E. Martin and J. A. Crame. 2006. Palaeobiological significance of high-latitude Late Cretaceous vertebrate fossils from the James Ross Basin, Antarctica. Cretaceous-Tertiary high-latitude palaeoenvironments: James Ross Basin, Antarctica 258(1):109-124
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J. D. Scanlon. 2006. Dinosaurs and other Mesozoic reptiles of Australasia. Evolution and Biogeography of Australasian Vertebrates
K. Shimada. 2006. Marine vertebrates from the Blue Hill Shale Member of the Carlile Shale (Upper Cretaceous: Middle Turonian) in Kansas. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 35:165-175
P. Bengtson and J. Lindgren. 2005. First record of the mosasaur Platecarpus Cope, 1869 from South America and its systematic implications. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 8(1):5-12
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B. P. Kear, J. A. Long, and J. E. Martin. 2005. A review of Australian mosasaur occurences. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences — Geologie en Mijnbouw 84(3):307-313
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J. Lindgren and J. W. M. Jagt. 2005. Danish mosasaurs. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences — Geologie en Mijnbouw 84(3):315-320
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A. O. Averianov and A. A. Yarkov. 2004. Carnivorous dinosaurs (Saurischia, Theropoda) from the Maastrichtian of the Volga-Don interfluve, Russia. Paleontological Journal 38(1):78-82
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M. J. Everhart. 2004. Late Cretaceous interaction between predators and prey. Evidence of feeding by two species of shark on a mosasaur. PalArch 1(1):1-7
J. W. Hoganson and B. Woodward. 2004. Skeleton of the rare giant sea turtle, Archelon, recovered from the Cretaceous DeGrey Member of the Pierre Shale near Cooperstown, Griggs County, North Dakota. North Dakota Geological Society Newsletter 32(1):1-4
N. Bardet and X. Pereda Suberbiola. 2002. Marine reptiles from the Late Cretaceous Phosphates of Jordan: palaeobiogeographical implications. Geodiversitas 24(4):831-839
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N. Bardet, H. Cappetta, and X. Pereda Suberbiola, M. Mouty, A. K. Al Maleh, A. M. Ahmed, O. Khrata, N. Gannoum. 2000. The marine vertebrate faunas from the Late Cretaceous phosphates of Syria. Geological Magazine 137(3):269-290
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M. E. Páramo-Fonseca. 2000. Yaguarasaurus columbianus (Reptilia, Mosasauridae), a primitive mosasaur from the Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) of Colombia. Historical Biology 14(1-2):121-131
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E. W. A. Mulder. 1999. Transatlantic latest Cretaceous mosasaurs (Reptilia, Lacertilia) from the Maastrichtian type area and New Jersey. Geologie en Mijnbouw 78:281-300
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M. E. Páramo. 1994. Posicion sistematica de un reptil marino con base en los restos fosiles encontrados en capas del Cretacico superior en Yaguara (Huila). Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 19(72):63-80
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A. J. Robb. 1989. The Upper Cretaceous (Campanian, Black Creek Formation) fossil fish fauna of Phoebus Landing, Bladen County, North Carolina. The Mosasaur 4:75-92
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D. R. Schwimmer. 1986. Late Cretaceous fossils from the Blufftown Formation (Campanian) in western Georgia. The Mosasaur 3:109-123
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D. A. Russell. 1975. A new species of Globidens from South Dakota, and a review of the globidentine mosasaurs. Fieldiana Geology 33(13):235-256
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J. Bergström, W. K. Christensen, and C. Johansson, E. Norling. 1973. An extension of Upper Cretaceous Rocks to the Swedish west coast at Särdal. Bull. geol. Soc. Denmark 22:83-154
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