- to
Plotosaurus in 1951 when Camp
discovered that the name had
already been ****igned to a type of nothosaur.
Unlike other mosasaurids,
Plotosaurus possesses...
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species to
Plotosaurus. The
latter rendered Mosasaurus paraphyletic (an
unnatural grouping), but Bell (1997)
nevertheless recognized Plotosaurus as a distinct...
- Additionally,
mosasaurs had
large pectoral girdles, and such
genera as
Plotosaurus may have used
their front flippers in a ****troke
motion to gain added...
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occurrences in Asia. They are
highly derived mosasaurs,
containing genera like
Plotosaurus,
having unique adaptations to fast
swimming speeds, or Mosasaurus, which...
- edge of the sca****. Eremiasaurus'
caudal vertebrae are most
similar to
Plotosaurus.
Among the most
notable features are the
presence of a
ventral deviation...
- to
evolutionarily advanced mosasaurs including Plesiotylosaurus and
Plotosaurus.
Abundant elasmosaur fossils belonging to a few
genera including Hydrotherosaurus...
- to a
clade containing Moanasaurus, Rikisaurus,
Mosasaurus spp., and
Plotosaurus. The 50% majority-rule
consensus results of
their phylogenetic analyses...
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Mosasaurinae Carinodens Clidastes Dallasaurus Globidens Kaikaifilu Mosasaurus Plotosaurus Prognathodon Thal****otitan
Halisaurinae Eonatator Halisaurus Tylosaurinae...
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mosasaurine mosasaurs such as Clidastes, Prognathodon, Mosasaurus, and
Plotosaurus. In the po****r press,
Dallasaurus has been
hailed as a "missing link"...
- ****igned to Mosasaurus. "Aktisaurus" was
recovered as the
sister taxon of
Plotosaurus as
demostrated by the
similar morphology of the
carinae on
their teeth...
