Genus
Valid Extinct

Latoplatecarpus

Konishi and Caldwell 2011

Latoplatecarpus is an extinct genus of plioplatecarpine mosasaur known from the Late Cretaceous of the northern Gulf of Mexico, the Western Interior Basin of North America, and a singular specimen from the Saratov Region, of Russia. It was among the largest plioplatecarpine mosasaurs, with L. nichollsae measuring over 8 metres (26 ft) in total body length.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
4
Group
Mosasaures
Carnivore aquatic Terrestrial
Latoplatecarpus
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a prehistoric marine reptile. © Reuben Cozens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Mosasauridae Family
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Plioplatecarpinae Subfamily
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Plioplatecarpini Unranked clade
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Latoplatecarpus Genus
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇦 Canada
4
Geological formations
Pierre Shale
4
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
4
Species (2)
Latoplatecarpus nichollsae 84 Ma
Latoplatecarpus willistoni 84 Ma
Images 3
Bibliography
Original description
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 DOI ↗
Bibliography (3)
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 DOI ↗
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 DOI ↗
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 DOI ↗