... Platecarpus . ) 1898 E , p . 178. ( = ? Platecarpus . ) Zittel , K. A. 1890 A , p . 620. ( Syn . of Mosasaurus . ) Holcodus acutidens Gibbes . Gibbes , R. W. 1851 A , p . 9 , pl . iii , figs . 6-9 ; not fig . 13 . Cope , E. D. 1869 M ...
... Platecarpus . ) 1898 E , p . 178. ( = ? Platecarpus . ) Zittel , K. A. 1890 A , p . 620. ( Syn . of Mosasaurus . ) Holcodus acutidens Gibbes . Gibbes , R. W. 1851 A , p . 9 , pl . iii , figs . 6-9 ; not fig . 13 . Cope , E. D. 1869 M ...
... Platecarpus coryphæus than between Clidastes velox and C. dispar , and especially between the latter and C. stenops , mentioned below , forms presenting similar differences to the chief one separating Holosaurus from Platecarpus ...
... Platecarpus , on the other hand , had on average the largest number of affected vertebrae per individual . In order to make sense of the data , they floated the hypothesis that the earliest mosasaurs were surface feeders , but that ...