Species
Valid Extinct

Plotosaurus tuckeri

(Camp 1942)

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Mosasaures
Carnivore aquatic Terrestrial
Classification
Mosasauridae Family
Mosasaurinae Subfamily
Mosasaurini Tribe
Plotosaurus Genus
Plotosaurus tuckeri Species
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
3
Geological formations
Moreno
3
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
3
Bibliography
Original description
C. L. Camp. 1942. California mosasaurs. Memoirs of the University of California 13(1):1-68
Bibliography (2)
K. Workman Ford. 2006. Stratigraphic positions of marine reptile and dinosaur specimens in the Moreno Formation, in the Tumey Hills and Panoche Hills, Fresno County, California. Late Cretaceous Vertebrates from the Western Interior. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 35:407-410
C. L. Camp. 1942. California mosasaurs. Memoirs of the University of California 13(1):1-68