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Platecarpus
Platecarpus tympaniticus
Platecarpus tympaniticus
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sauropsida
Order:
Squamata
Family:
Mosasauridae
Genus:
Platecarpus
Species:
Platecarpus tympaniticus
Cope, 1869
Common Name: "Flat wrist"
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Geological Range
Santonain
Paleogeographic Distribution
Kansas
Stratigraphic Occurrences
Santonian
Niobrara Formation (Smoky Hill) (KS)
Unknown Stage
Niobrara Formation (Smoky Hill Mbr) (KS)
Platecarpus tympaniticus
from the Late Cretaceous (FHSMVP 15533).
Platecarpus tympaniticus
from the Late Cretaceous Niobrara Fm. of Wallace County, Kansas (YPM VP 004003).
Platecarpus tympaniticus
from the Late Cretaceous Niobrara Fm. of Gove County, Kansas (YPM VP 024900).
Platecarpus tympaniticus
from the Late Cretaceous Niobrara Fm. of Wallace County, Kansas (YPM VP 024904).
Platecarpus tympaniticus
from the Late Cretaceous Niobrara Fm. of Graham County, Kansas (YPM VP 040472).
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