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Tylosaurus proriger

Reptilia - Mosasauridae

Taxonomy

Macrosaurus proriger was named by Cope (1869). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Liodon proriger by Cope (1870), Cope (1874) and Cope (1875); it was recombined as Tylosaurus proriger by Leidy (1873), Osborn (1899), Osborn (1899), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Russell (1967), Thurmond (1969), Lindgren and Siverson (2002), Fanti et al. (2014) and Driscoll et al. (2019).

Synonyms

Rhinosaurus micromus was named by Marsh (1872).

It was recombined as Liodon micromus by Cope (1874) and Cope (1875); it was recombined as Tylosaurus micromus by Hay (1902) and Hay (1930); it was synonymized subjectively with Tylosaurus proriger by Russell (1967).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1869	Macrosaurus proriger Cope p. 123
1870	Liodon proriger Cope p. 202
1872	Rhinosaurus micromus Marsh p. 17
1873	Tylosaurus proriger Leidy p. 274
1874	Liodon micromus Cope p. 37
1874	Liodon proriger Cope p. 38
1875	Liodon proriger Cope p. 161
1875	Liodon micromus Cope p. 271
1899	Tylosaurus proriger Osborn p. 169
1902	Tylosaurus micromus Hay p. 472
1902	Tylosaurus proriger Hay p. 472
1930	Tylosaurus micromus Hay p. 259
1930	Tylosaurus proriger Hay p. 259
1967	Tylosaurus proriger Russell p. 173
1969	Tylosaurus proriger Thurmond p. 76
2002	Tylosaurus proriger Lindgren and Siverson
2014	Tylosaurus proriger Fanti et al.
2019	Tylosaurus proriger Driscoll et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
—	Squamata	()
family	Mosasauridae
subfamily	Tylosaurinae	Wiliston 1895
genus	Tylosaurus	Marsh 1872
species	proriger	()

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.

†Tylosaurus proriger Cope 1869

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Invalid names: Rhinosaurus micromus Marsh 1872 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialuc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

aquaticf

Diet:

carnivoref

Vision:

well-developedf

Reproduction:

ovoviviparousf

Created:

2018-01-05 16:32:54

Modified:

2018-01-05 16:32:54

Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Gervais 1852

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Campanian or 86.30000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Santonian	86.3 - 83.6	USA (Colorado)	Tylosaurus proriger (107708)
Santonian	86.3 - 83.6	USA (Kansas)	Tylosaurus proriger (99384 191649)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	USA (Montana)	Tylosaurus proriger (107709)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	USA (Kansas)	Tylosaurus proriger (107710)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	USA (Texas)	Tylosaurus proriger (106191)