Plioplatecarpus

Plioplatecarpus; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
	P. primaevus skull
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Clade:	†Mosasauria
Family:	†Mosasauridae
Clade:	†Russellosaurina
Subfamily:	†Plioplatecarpinae
Tribe:	†Plioplatecarpini
Genus:	†Plioplatecarpus; Dollo, 1882
Species
	†P. marshi Dollo, 1882 (type); †P. depressus (Cope, 1869); †P. primaevus Russell, 1967; †P. houzeaui (Dollo, 1889); †P. peckensis Cuthbertson and Holmes, 2015;
Synonyms
	Oterognathus Dollo, 1889;

Plioplatecarpus is a genus of mosasaur lizard. Like all mosasaurs, it lived in the late Cretaceous period, about 73-68 million years ago.

Plioplatecarpus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,

P. primaevus skull
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Clade:	†Mosasauria
Family:	†Mosasauridae
Clade:	†Russellosaurina
Subfamily:	†Plioplatecarpinae
Tribe:	†Plioplatecarpini
Genus:	†Plioplatecarpus Dollo, 1882
Species
†P. marshi Dollo, 1882 (type) †P. depressus (Cope, 1869) †P. primaevus Russell, 1967 †P. houzeaui (Dollo, 1889) †P. peckensis Cuthbertson and Holmes, 2015
Synonyms
Oterognathus Dollo, 1889