Species
Valid Extinct

Plotosaurus bennisoni

(Camp 1942)

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Mosasaures
Carnivore aquatic Terrestrial
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PBDB ↗
Classification
Mosasauridae Family
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Mosasaurinae Subfamily
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Mosasaurini Tribe
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Plotosaurus Genus
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Plotosaurus bennisoni Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
2
Geological formations
Moreno
2
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
2
Bibliography
Original description
C. L. Camp. 1942. California mosasaurs. Memoirs of the University of California 13(1):1-68
Bibliography (2)
J. Lindgren, M. W. Caldwell, and J. W. Jagt. 2008. New data on the postcranial anatomy of the California mosasaur Plotosaurus bennisoni (Camp, 1942) (Upper Cretaceous: Maastrichtian), and the taxonomic status of P. tuckeri (Camp, 1942). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(4):1043-1054 DOI ↗
C. L. Camp. 1942. California mosasaurs. Memoirs of the University of California 13(1):1-68