Platecarpus coryphaeus (NHMW-GEO-1911/0006/0026)

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3D scan of a skull and mandible of the mosasaurid Platecarpus coryphaeus. It was an aquatic predator during the late Cretaceous, living about 81–85 million years ago. Mosasaurids are members of the order Squamata and are therefore relatives of lizards and snakes. Fossils of Platecarpus are found predominantly in North America, but were perhaps also occurring in Europe, Africa & New Zealand.

This skull of Platecarpus coryphaeus was on display in the special exhibition “CineSaurs” (October 2021 - April 2022) at the NHM Vienna.

Inventory number: NHMW-GEO-1911/0006/0026

Specimen: Platecarpus coryphaeus (Cope, 1872)

Locality: Logan County, Kansas, USA

Collection: Natural History Museum Vienna, Geology & Paleontology Dept., Vertebrate Coll. (curator: Ursula Göhlich)

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Scanned and edited by Nikola Brodtmann & Viola Winkler (NHMW)

Text by Ursula Göhlich

Scanner: Artec Leo. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.