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Platecarpus

Platecarpus logo #21000 Platecarpus (`flat wrist`) is an extinct genus of aquatic lizard belonging to the mosasaur family, living around 84–81 million years ago during the middle Santonian to early Campanian, of the Late Cretaceous period. Fossils have been found in the United States as well as a possible specimen in Belgium and Africa. Platecarpus probably fed on fi.....
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Platecarpus

Platecarpus logo #20023Platecarpus was a mosasaur , an extinct marine reptile that lived in the seas during the late Cretaceous period . They were about 14 feet (4.3 m) long. They swam by moving the long tail and used the short flippers to steer. They had sharp teeth and ate fish and squid. Fossils have been found in Europe . They were not dinosaurs.
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