• to Plotosaurus in 1951 when Camp discovered that the name had already been assigned 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...
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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...
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    to evolutionarily advanced mosasaurs including Plesiotylosaurus and Plotosaurus. On land, a variety of dinosaurs inhabited the state. Among them were...
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    †Globidensini †Carinodens †Globidens †Harranasaurus †Igdamanosaurus †Xenodens †Mosasaurini †Bentiabasaurus †Eremiasaurus †Plotosaurus †Moanasaurus †Mosasaurus...
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    Additionally, mosasaurs had large pectoral girdles, and such genera as Plotosaurus may have used their front flippers in a breaststroke motion to gain added...
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    long paddles that resembled mosasaurin mosasaurs like Mosasaurus and Plotosaurus but more primitive in possessing longer but fewer phalanges. The humerus...
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    Plotosaurus bennisoni...
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  • Mosasaurinae Carinodens Clidastes Dallasaurus Globidens Kaikaifilu Mosasaurus Plotosaurus Prognathodon Thalassotitan Halisaurinae Eonatator Halisaurus Tylosaurinae...
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    Plotosaurus bennisoni...
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    to a clade containing Moanasaurus, Rikisaurus, Mosasaurus spp., and Plotosaurus. The 50% majority-rule consensus results of their phylogenetic analyses...
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  • edge of the scapula. Eremiasaurus' caudal vertebrae are most similar to Plotosaurus. Among the most notable features are the presence of a ventral deviation...
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    mosasaurine mosasaurs such as Clidastes, Prognathodon, Mosasaurus, and Plotosaurus. In the popular press, Dallasaurus has been hailed as a "missing link"...
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    Mosasaurus hoffmannii Plotosaurus bennisoni...
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    Harranasaurus Igdamanosaurus Xenodens Prognathodontini Prognathodon Thalassotitan Mosasaurini Bentiabasaurus Eremiasaurus Moanasaurus Mosasaurus Plotosaurus...
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    Harranasaurus Igdamanosaurus Xenodens Prognathodontini Prognathodon Thalassotitan Mosasaurini Bentiabasaurus Eremiasaurus Moanasaurus Mosasaurus Plotosaurus...
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  • a more typical phylogeny of mosasaurs, with Goronyosaurus closest to Plotosaurus in derived Mosasaurinae, and the clade Plioplatecarpinae resolved, including...
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    postcranial morphology of Taniwhasaurus would be similar to that of Plotosaurus, provisionally assigns it as its sister taxon. It was in 1971 that Taniwhasaurus...
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  • the nasal bones are clearly documented; the other is the holotype of Plotosaurus, although one of the bones is missing. The external nares lead to the...
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  • constituent species moved to the new genus Plotosaurus. K. tuckeri Plesiotylosaurus P. crassidens Plotosaurus P. bennisoni P. tuckeri A junior synonym of...
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  • Harranasaurus Igdamanosaurus Xenodens Prognathodontini Prognathodon Thalassotitan Mosasaurini Bentiabasaurus Eremiasaurus Moanasaurus Mosasaurus Plotosaurus...
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  • Harranasaurus Igdamanosaurus Xenodens Prognathodontini Prognathodon Thalassotitan Mosasaurini Bentiabasaurus Eremiasaurus Moanasaurus Mosasaurus Plotosaurus...
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    Plotosaurus bennisoni...
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  • Harranasaurus Igdamanosaurus Xenodens Prognathodontini Prognathodon Thalassotitan Mosasaurini Bentiabasaurus Eremiasaurus Moanasaurus Mosasaurus Plotosaurus...
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    Harranasaurus Igdamanosaurus Xenodens Prognathodontini Prognathodon Thalassotitan Mosasaurini Bentiabasaurus Eremiasaurus Moanasaurus Mosasaurus Plotosaurus...
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    Harranasaurus Igdamanosaurus Xenodens Prognathodontini Prognathodon Thalassotitan Mosasaurini Bentiabasaurus Eremiasaurus Moanasaurus Mosasaurus Plotosaurus...
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    Harranasaurus Igdamanosaurus Xenodens Prognathodontini Prognathodon Thalassotitan Mosasaurini Bentiabasaurus Eremiasaurus Moanasaurus Mosasaurus Plotosaurus...
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    the only genus having a similarly narrow dentary being the mosasaurine Plotosaurus. This combination of features indicate a feeding niche and lifestyle...
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    formation. They include Prognathodon, Halisaurus, Plesiotylosaurus, and Plotosaurus. Plesiosaurs that inhabited the Moreno Formation consisted of 4 genera:...
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