Kansas Herpetofaunal Atlas

REPTILIA (Reptiles) SQUAMATA (PART) (Snakes) MOSASAURIDAE ()

Mosasauridae 7
†Platecarpus ictericus

Conservation Status:
Extinct

Diagnosis:

Distribution:

(, Museum Voucher) (, Observation) (, Literature Record) (, iNat Record), ( Fossil)
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Occurrence Summary:
12
Records
12
Museum Vouchers
0
Other Observations

Some county occurrences indicated below may be too imprecise to map above.
County Breakdown: County Name (# occurrences):
Ellis (1); Logan (3); Rooks (2); Unknown (6);

Natural History:

Remarks:

Bibliography:

1896	Williston, Samuel W. Range and distribution of the Mosasaurs, with remarks on synonymy. The Kansas University Quarterly 6(4):177-186
1899	Williston, Samuel W. Some additional characters of Mosasaurs. The Kansas University Quarterly 8(1):39
1903	Williston, Samuel W. and Oliver C. Farrington. North American plesiosaurs. Part 1. Field Columbian Museum Geological Series 2(1):1-77
1946	Lane, Henry H. A survey of the fossil vertebrates of Kansas, Part III. The reptiles. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 49(3):289-332
1985	Schultze, Hans-Peter, L. Hunt, J. Chorn, and A. M. Neuner. Type and figured specimens of fossil vertebrates in the collection of the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History. Part II. Fossil amphibians and reptiles. University of Kansas Museum of Natural History, Miscellaneous Publications (77):1-66 Also check on several listed names not in KHA as KS taxa.

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