Latoplatecarpus

Latoplatecarpus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 80.5–79 Ma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Clade: †Mosasauria
Family: †Mosasauridae
Clade: †Russellosaurina
Tribe: †Plioplatecarpini
Genus: †Latoplatecarpus
Konishi & Caldwell, 2011
Species
  • †L. willistoni Konishi & Caldwell, 2011 (type)
  • †L. nichollsae (Cuthbertson et al., 2007 [originally Plioplatecarpus nichollsae])

Latoplatecarpus is an extinct genus of plioplatecarpine mosasaur known from the Late Cretaceous (early middle Campanian stage) of the northern Gulf of Mexico and the Western Interior Basin of North America. It was among the largest plioplatecarpine mosasaur, with L. nichollsae measuring over 8 metres (26 ft) in total body length.[1]

  1. ^ Konishi, Takuya; Michael W. Caldwell (2011). "Two new plioplatecarpine (Squamata, Mosasauridae) genera from the Upper Cretaceous of North America, and a global phylogenetic analysis of plioplatecarpines". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (4): 754–783. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.579023. S2CID 85972311.