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Compressidens
Taxonomy
Compressidens was named by Dollo (1924).
It was replaced with Carinodens by Thurmond (1969).
It was assigned to Mosasaurini by Russell (1967); and to Mosasauridae by Wells and Houston (2001).
It was replaced with Carinodens by Thurmond (1969).
It was assigned to Mosasaurini by Russell (1967); and to Mosasauridae by Wells and Houston (2001).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1924 | Compressidens Dollo |
| 1967 | Compressidens Russell p. 147 |
| 2001 | Compressidens Wells and Houston |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Gervais 1852, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Belgium | Bottosaurus belgicus (82892) |