Latoplatecarpus
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Latoplatecarpus is an extinct genus
of plioplatecarpine
mosasaur
from the Campanian
of North America
. The genus was named in 2011 with the new species L. willistoni. A second species, L. nichollsae, was reassigned from the genus Plioplatecarpus
. L. nichollsae is known from the Pierre Shale
of Manitoba
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of plioplatecarpine
Plioplatecarpinae
Plioplatecarpinae is a subfamily of mosasaurs, a diverse group of late Cretaceous marine squamates.Russell defined the Plioplatecarpinae as follows: Small rostrum present or absent anterior to premaxillary teeth. Cranial nerves X, XI, XII leave lateral wall of opisthotic through single foramen...
mosasaur
Mosasaur
Mosasaurs are large extinct marine lizards. The first fossil remains were discovered in a limestone quarry at Maastricht on the Meuse in 1764...
from the Campanian
Campanian
The Campanian is, in the ICS' geologic timescale, the fifth of six ages of the Late Cretaceous epoch . The Campanian spans the time from 83.5 ± 0.7 Ma to 70.6 ± 0.6 Ma ...
of North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
. The genus was named in 2011 with the new species L. willistoni. A second species, L. nichollsae, was reassigned from the genus Plioplatecarpus
Plioplatecarpus
Plioplatecarpus is a genus of mosasaur lizard. Like all mosasaurs, it lived in the late Cretaceous period, about 83.5 million years ago.-Description:...
. L. nichollsae is known from the Pierre Shale
Pierre Shale
The Pierre Shale is a geologic formation or series in the Upper Cretaceous which occurs east of the Rocky Mountains in the Great Plains, from North Dakota to New Mexico....
of Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
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