Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Parent taxon: Halisaurini according to N. R. Longrich et al. 2021
See also Baird and Case 1966, Bardet et al. 2005, Caldwell and Bell 1995, Carroll 1988, Driscoll et al. 2019, Fernández and Talevi 2015, Hay 1902, Holmes and Sues 2000, Konishi et al. 2016, Lindgren and Siverson 2005, Lingham-Soliar 1996, Marsh 1870, Mateus et al. 2012, Polcyn et al. 2012, Rempert et al. 2024, Russell 1967, Russell 1970, Sepkoski 2002, Shaker et al. 2023, Thurmond and Jones 1981 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Eonatator, Phosphorosaurus
Subtaxa: Baptosaurus Halisaurus arambourgi Halisaurus hebae Halisaurus onchognathus Halisaurus platyspondylus
Type: Halisaurus platyspondylus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey collection)
• Cretaceous of Angola (1), Argentina (1), Chile (2), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Egypt (1), Jordan (1), Morocco (7), Niger (1), Peru (1), United States (13: California, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina)
Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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