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| fossil_range = [[Late Cretaceous]]
| fossil_range = [[Late Cretaceous]], {{fossil range|70-66}}
| name = ''Plesiotylosaurus''
| name = ''Plesiotylosaurus''
| image = Plesiotylosaurus Los Angeles.jpg
| image = Plesiotylosaurus Los Angeles.jpg

Revision as of 17:45, 4 February 2016

Plesiotylosaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 70-66 Ma
Mounted skeleton, Los Angeles
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Clade: Mosasauria
Family: Mosasauridae
Genus: Plesiotylosaurus
Camp, 1942
Species:
P. crassidens
Binomial name
Plesiotylosaurus crassidens
Camp, 1942

Plesiotylosaurus is a genus of mosasaur from the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous of North America.

Restoration

References

  • Dinosaurs and Other Mesozoic Reptiles of California by Richard P. Hilton, Kevin Padian, and Ken Kirkland (page 30)
  • Ancient Marine Reptiles by Jack M. Callaway and Elizabeth L. Nicholls (page 286)
  • The Osteology of the Reptiles by Alfred Sherwood Romer (page 562)