在白垩纪的最后几百万年中板果龙属也许转变成了扁掌龙属，它们并不是和恐龙同时灭绝的。
The genus Platecarpus probably evolved into another genus ( Plioplatecarpus ) millions of years before the end of the Cretaceous ; they were not around to go extinct with the dinosaurs .
板龙属