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Macrophyseter/sandbox0; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 88–80 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Los Angeles specimen (LACM 128319), a complete skeleton in natural posture
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Clade:	†Mosasauria
Family:	†Mosasauridae
Clade:	†Russellosaurina
Subfamily:	†Plioplatecarpinae
Genus:	†Platecarpus; Cope, 1869
Species:	†P. tympaniticus
Binomial name
	†Platecarpus tympaniticus; Cope, 1869
Synonyms
	List of synonyms Genus Platecarpus Platecarpus ictericus Cope, 1874; Platecarpus coryphaeus Cope, 1874; Platecarpus felix Cope, 1874; Platecarpus curtirostris Cope, 1874; Platecarpus latiforms Cope, 1874; Platecarpus gracilis Cope, 1874; Platecarpus mudgei Cope, 1874; ; Genus Holocodus ?Holcodus acutidens Gibbes, 1851; Holcodus coryphaeus Cope, 1871a; Holcodus ictericus Cope, 1871a; Holcodus mudgei Cope, 1871b; ; Genus Holosaurus Holosaurus abruptus Marsh, 1880; ; Genus Lestosaurus Lestosaurus simus Marsh, 1872; Lestosaurus felix Marsh, 1872; Lestosaurus latifrons Marsh, 1872; Lestosaurus gracilis Marsh, 1872; Lestosaurus curtirostris Marsh, 1872; Lestosaurus ictericus Marsh, 1872; Lestosaurus coryphaeus Marsh, 1872; ; Genus Liodon Liodon ictericus Cope, 1870a; Liodon mudgei Cope, 1870a; Liodon curtirostris Cope, 1871a; ; Genus Rhinosaurus Rhinosaurus mudgei Marsh, 1872; ; ;

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Contents

Research history

Discovery and naming

19th century developments

Los Angeles specimen

Description

Osteology

Skull

Teeth

Vertebrae and ribs

Limbs and girdles

Soft tissue

Integuments

Internal organs

Classification and evolution

Paleobiology

Thermoregulation

Mobility and locomotion

Feeding

Brain and senses

Life history

Paleopathology

Paleoecology

Macrophyseter/sandbox0 Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 88–80 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Los Angeles specimen (LACM 128319), a complete skeleton in natural posture
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Clade:	†Mosasauria
Family:	†Mosasauridae
Clade:	†Russellosaurina
Subfamily:	†Plioplatecarpinae
Genus:	†Platecarpus Cope, 1869
Species:	†P. tympaniticus
Binomial name
†Platecarpus tympaniticus Cope, 1869
Synonyms
List of synonyms Genus Platecarpus Platecarpus ictericus Cope, 1874 Platecarpus coryphaeus Cope, 1874 Platecarpus felix Cope, 1874 Platecarpus curtirostris Cope, 1874 Platecarpus latiforms Cope, 1874 Platecarpus gracilis Cope, 1874 Platecarpus mudgei Cope, 1874 Genus Holocodus ?Holcodus acutidens Gibbes, 1851 Holcodus coryphaeus Cope, 1871a Holcodus ictericus Cope, 1871a Holcodus mudgei Cope, 1871b Genus Holosaurus Holosaurus abruptus Marsh, 1880 Genus Lestosaurus Lestosaurus simus Marsh, 1872 Lestosaurus felix Marsh, 1872 Lestosaurus latifrons Marsh, 1872 Lestosaurus gracilis Marsh, 1872 Lestosaurus curtirostris Marsh, 1872 Lestosaurus ictericus Marsh, 1872 Lestosaurus coryphaeus Marsh, 1872 Genus Liodon Liodon ictericus Cope, 1870a Liodon mudgei Cope, 1870a Liodon curtirostris Cope, 1871a Genus Rhinosaurus Rhinosaurus mudgei Marsh, 1872