Platecarpus
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| Scientific name | Platecarpus (Flat wrist) |
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| Lived | Turonian |
| Maastrichtian | |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Order | Scaled reptiles |
| Rank | Genus |
| Higher classification | Plioplatecarpinae |
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| ID | 2995765 |
About Platecarpus
Platecarpus is an extinct genus of aquatic lizards belonging to the mosasaur family, living around 84–81 million years ago during the middle Santonian to early Campanian, of the Late Cretaceous period. Fossils have been found in the United States and a possible specimen in Belgium and Africa.