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Platecarpus

Platecarpus ("oar wrist") 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 possibly in Belgium, Australia, and Africa. A well-preserved specimen of Platecarpus shows…

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Platecarpus

Nodes75
Edges74
Triples46
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.026667
Components1

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related to history · 18
Platecarpus → Angolasaurus, Caldwell, Clidastes, Dale Russell, Edward Drinker Cope, Furthermore, However, In, Kansas, Michael, Mudge, Plesioplatecarpus, Professor, Smoky Hill Chalk, Takuya Konishi, The, Therefore, Western Interior Sea
related to Locomotion · 8
Platecarpus → At, Plotosaurus, The, Their, These, This, Vallecillosaurus, While
related to Fossils · 6
Platecarpus → Campanian, Cretaceous, Kansas, Santonian, Smoky Hill Chalk, Various
related to Description · 5
Platecarpus → Cretaceous, LACM, Small, The, This
related to Metabolism · 3
Platecarpus → Niobrara Formation, Smoky Hill Chalk Member, Tylosaurus
related to Further reading · 2
Platecarpus → Paleontology, Williston

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genus tail mosasaurs scales may specimen mosasaur also body fluke skull preserved one shape position another known lacm 128319 around

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small fishinstance ofprey0.80text
squid.LocomotionWhile mosasaurs are traditionally thought to have propelled themselves through the water by lateral undulation in a similar way to eelsinstance ofprey0.80text
the deep caudal fin of Platecarpus suggests that it swam more like a sharkinstance ofprey0.80text
squidinstance ofprey0.80text
Platecarpusrelated to DescriptionLACM0.60section
Platecarpusrelated to DescriptionThe0.60section
Platecarpusrelated to DescriptionCretaceous0.60section
Platecarpusrelated to DescriptionThis0.60section
Platecarpusrelated to DescriptionSmall0.60section
Platecarpusrelated to FossilsVarious0.60section
Platecarpusrelated to FossilsCretaceous0.60section
Platecarpusrelated to FossilsKansas0.60section

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