Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Alternative combinations: Liodon proriger, Macrosaurus proriger
Synonyms: Liodon micromus Marsh 1872, Rhinosaurus micromus Marsh 1872, Tylosaurus micromus Marsh 1872
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1869. [On some specimens of extinct reptiles of interest]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 21:123
Belongs to Tylosaurus according to F. Fanti et al. 2014
See also Cope 1869, Cope 1870, Cope 1874, Cope 1875, Driscoll et al. 2019, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Leidy 1873, Lindgren and Siverson 2002, Osborn 1899, Osborn 1899, Russell 1967 and Thurmond 1969
Sister taxa: Elliptonodon, Elliptonodon compressus, Mosasaurus alseni, Tylosaurus bernardi, Tylosaurus dyspelor, Tylosaurus iembeensis, Tylosaurus ivoensis, Tylosaurus kansasensis, Tylosaurus laticaudus, Tylosaurus nepaeolicus, Tylosaurus pembinensis, Tylosaurus perlatus, Tylosaurus saskatchewanensis, Tylosaurus zangerli
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (6: Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Texas collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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