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Platecarpus Mosasaur Skull
Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre2022
Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre
Morden, Canada
This is the skull of a Platecarpus tympaniticus. Platecarpus was the most common genus of mosasaur in the Western Interior Seaway. It had a shorter snout with fewer teeth, which meant it could better detect scents but had to focus on smaller prey.
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- Title: Platecarpus Mosasaur Skull
- Creator: Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre
- Date Created: 2022
- Location: Canada/Manitoba/Manitoba Escarpment/Lumgair North, 6
- Physical Dimensions: 3.6cm x 10cm x 31.3 cm
- External Link: Safe at Home MB Interactive Collections Management System
- Taxonomy: Animalia/Chordata/Reptilia/Squamata/Mosasauridae/Platecarpus tympaniticus
- Geology: Pierre Shale/Pembina Member
- Geologic Period: Late Cretaceous (80-83 mya)
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