Platecarpus

Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Squamata
Family	Mosasauridae
Group	Marine reptile
Rank (PBDB)	genus· Paleobiology Database
Author	Cope 1869· Paleobiology Database
Classification (PBDB)	Chordata › Reptilia › Squamata › Mosasauridae· Paleobiology Database
Range (PBDB)	100–66 Ma· Paleobiology Database
PBDB occurrences	60· Paleobiology Database

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Platecarpus — Platecarpus Cope, 1869 (NHMUK PV R 3040) — Platecarpus Cope, 1869 (NHMUK PV R 3040) — © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum (London) Data Portal, CC BY 4.0

Platecarpus — Platecarpus Cope, 1869 (NHMUK PV R 3040 1) — Platecarpus Cope, 1869 (NHMUK PV R 3040 1) — © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum (London) Data Portal, CC BY 4.0

Platecarpus — Platecarpus ictericus Cope, 1871 (NHMUK PV R 4001) — Platecarpus ictericus Cope, 1871 (NHMUK PV R 4001) — © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum (London) Data Portal, CC BY 4.0

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Cite this article

Stratum Strata. "Platecarpus" (Taxon). Stratum Strata pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-21. https://stratum.black/strata/taxa/platecarpus. Accessed 2026-09-21.

BibTeX · CSL-JSON

@misc{stratum-platecarpus,
  title        = {Platecarpus},
  author       = {{Stratum Strata}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://stratum.black/strata/taxa/platecarpus}},
  year         = {2026},
  note         = {Taxon article, Stratum Strata pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-21; sources: stratum, pbdb, wikidata, commons, nhm. Accessed 2026-09-21.}
}

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