Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae

Full reference: G. L. Bell and M. J. Polcyn. 2005. Dallasaurus turneri, a new primitive mosasauroid from the Middle Turonian of Texas and comments on the phylogeny of Mosasauridae (Squamata). Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 84(3):177-194

Parent taxon: Mosasaurinae according to D. A. Driscoll et al. 2019

See also Bell and Polcyn 2005

Sister taxa: Clidastes, Globidensini, Globindensini, Gnathomortis, Igdamanosaurus, Jormungandr, Kourisodon, Leiodon, Leiodontini, Megapterygius, Moanasaurus, Mosasaurini, Mosasaurus, Plesiotylosaurus, Plotosaurini, Polygonodon, Prognathodontini, Rikisaurus, Stelladens, Xenodens

Subtaxa: Dallasaurus turneri

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cedar Hill, TMM 43209 (Cretaceous of Texas)

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