FIRST RECORD OF THE MOSASAUR PLATECARPUS COPE, 1869 FROM SOUTH AMERICA AND ITS SYSTEMATIC IMPLICATIONS

ABSTRACT Two isolated, presumably shed, marginal tooth-crowns of the mosasaur Platecarpus sp. are described from the upper Turonian and Turonian-Coniacian (Upper Cretaceous) of the Sergipe Basin in northeastern Brazil. They represent the first record of the genus from South America, thus extending t...

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Main Authors: Peter Bengtson, Johan Lindgren
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Platecarpus
Mosasauridae
Turonian
Coniacian
Cretaceous
Sergipe
Brazil. RESUMO Sªo descritas duas coroas dentais marginais
provavelmente descartadas
do mosassauro Platecarpus sp
provenientes do Turoniano superior e Turoniano-Coniaciano da bacia de Sergipe
Nordeste do
Nordeste
South Atlantic Ocean
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.595.9276
http://www.sbpbrasil.org/revista/edicoes/8_1/bengtson%26lindgren.pdf
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Summary:ABSTRACT Two isolated, presumably shed, marginal tooth-crowns of the mosasaur Platecarpus sp. are described from the upper Turonian and Turonian-Coniacian (Upper Cretaceous) of the Sergipe Basin in northeastern Brazil. They represent the first record of the genus from South America, thus extending the geographic range of Platecarpus beyond Africa, Europe and North America. It is suggested that Platecarpus originated in the northern part of the incipient South Atlantic Ocean during the early Late Cretaceous.

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