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Chordata
Sauropsida
Squamata
Mosasauridae
Platecarpus
Platecarpus planifrons
Platecarpus planifrons
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sauropsida
Order:
Squamata
Family:
Mosasauridae
Genus:
Platecarpus
Species:
Platecarpus planifrons
(Cope, 1874)
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Geological Range
Coniacian to Santonian
Paleogeographic Distribution
Kansas
Stratigraphic Occurrences
Santonian
Niobrara Formation (Smoky Hill) (KS)
Coniacian
Niobrara Formation (KS)
Niobrara Formation (Smoky Hill Member) (KS)
Unknown Stage
Niobrara Formation (Smoky Hill Mbr) (KS)
Platecarpus planifrons
from the Late Cretaceous Niobrara Fm. of Logan County, Kansas (YPM VP 001427).
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