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Help in identifying mosasaur



To All;

I've posted some pictures of a juvenile _Platecarpus sp._ mosasaur on my
webpage
at:

        < http://www2.southwind.net/~mjever/page7a.html >

It was found in Kansas, U.S.A., about the middle of the Smoky Hill Chalk
(Late Cretaceous marine, early Santonian, about 84-85 mya).  The skull
is nearly complete and we have most of the pre-caudal vertebrae, but no
limb material.

I would appreciate any advice that might aid in the identification of
the species.  I have contacted Gordon Bell and others directly, but
seems as most paleo people are in the field at this time of year for
some strange reason!

Please email direct to me at mjever@southwind.net.
Thanks!

Mike Everhart