Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Full reference: S. W. Williston. 1895. New or little known extinct vertebrates. Kansas University Quarterly 3(3):165-176
Belongs to Mosasaurus according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Caldwell and Bell 2005 and Hay 1902
Sister taxa: Mosasaurus beaugei, Mosasaurus caroliniensis, Mosasaurus conodon, Mosasaurus couperi, Mosasaurus dekayi, Mosasaurus depressus, Mosasaurus flemingi, Mosasaurus gaudryi, Mosasaurus gracilis, Mosasaurus grosjeani, Mosasaurus hobetsuensis, Mosasaurus hoffmannii, Mosasaurus impar, Mosasaurus ivoensis, Mosasaurus lemonnieri, Mosasaurus lonzeensis, Mosasaurus minor, Mosasaurus missouriensis, Mosasaurus mokoroa, Mosasaurus occidentalis, Mosasaurus prismaticus, Mosasaurus reversus, Mosasaurus scanicus, Nectoportheus validus, Amphekepubis johnsoni, Macrosaurus validus, Macrosaurus laevis
Type specimen: KU 1034. Its type locality is Cheyenne River in Custer County, which is in a Campanian marine shale in the Pierre Shale Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cheyenne River in Custer County
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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