Category:Platecarpus

**Platecarpus**
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Instance of	fossil taxon;
Start time	85th millennium BC;
End time	82nd millennium BC;
Length	4.3 m;
Common name
	עברית: פלייטקרפוס; 日本語: プラテカルプス; 한국어: 플라테카르푸스; polski: Platekarp; русский: Платекарп; українська: Платекарп; 中文: 板踝龍屬; 中文（中国大陆）: 板踝龙; 中文（简体）: 板踝龙; 中文（繁體）: 板踝龍; 中文（香港）: 板踝龍; 中文（新加坡）: 板踝龙; 中文（臺灣）: 板踝龍;
Taxonomy
Megaclass	Osteichthyes
Superclass	Sarcopterygii
Infraclass	Elpistostegalia
Superclass	Tetrapoda
Class	Reptilia
Infraclass	Lepidosauromorpha
Superorder	Lepidosauria
Order	Squamata
Suborder	Anguimorpha
Superfamily	Mosasauroidea
Family	Mosasauridae
Subtribe	Russellosaurina
Subfamily	Plioplatecarpinae
Genus	Platecarpus
Taxon author	Edward Drinker Cope, 1869
Authority file
	Q134629; Encyclopedia of Life ID: 4518672; Fossilworks taxon ID: 36406; GBIF taxon ID: 4819784; IRMNG ID: 1288716
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Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Cladus: Osteichthyes • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Cladus: Reptilia • Subclassis: Diapsida • Superordo: Lepidosauria • Ordo: Squamata • Subordo: Scleroglossa • Superfamilia: Mosasauroidea • Familia: Mosasauridae • Subfamilia: Mosasaurinae • Genus: Platecarpus Cope, 1869

Fossilworks PaleoDB link: Taniwhasaurus Cope, 1869