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Extinct genus of lizards
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Los Angeles specimen (LACM 128319), a complete skeleton in natural posture
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Clade :
† Mosasauria
Family:
† Mosasauridae
Clade :
† Russellosaurina
Subfamily:
† Plioplatecarpinae
Genus:
† Platecarpus Cope , 1869
Species:
†P. tympaniticus
Binomial name
† Platecarpus tympaniticus Cope, 1869
Synonyms
Platecarpus ictericus Cope, 1874 Platecarpus coryphaeus Cope, 1874 Platecarpus felix Cope, 1874 Platecarpus curtirostris Cope, 1874 Platecarpus latiforms Cope, 1874 Platecarpus gracilis Cope, 1874 Platecarpus mudgei Cope, 1874
?Holcodus acutidens Gibbes, 1851
Holcodus coryphaeus Cope, 1871a Holcodus ictericus Cope, 1871a Holcodus mudgei Cope, 1871b
Holosaurus abruptus Marsh, 1880
Lestosaurus simus Marsh, 1872 Lestosaurus felix Marsh, 1872 Lestosaurus latifrons Marsh, 1872 Lestosaurus gracilis Marsh, 1872 Lestosaurus curtirostris Marsh, 1872 Lestosaurus ictericus Marsh, 1872 Lestosaurus coryphaeus Marsh, 1872
Liodon ictericus Cope, 1870a Liodon mudgei Cope, 1870a Liodon curtirostris Cope, 1871a
Rhinosaurus mudgei Marsh, 1872
Research history [ edit ] Discovery and naming [ edit ] 19th century developments [ edit ] Los Angeles specimen [ edit ] Description [ edit ] Osteology [ edit ] Vertebrae and ribs [ edit ] Limbs and girdles [ edit ] Soft tissue [ edit ] Integuments [ edit ] Internal organs [ edit ] Classification and evolution [ edit ] Paleobiology [ edit ] Thermoregulation [ edit ] Mobility and locomotion [ edit ] Feeding [ edit ] Brain and senses [ edit ] Life history [ edit ] Paleopathology [ edit ] Paleoecology [ edit ]
