Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Alternative combination: Hainosaurus pembinensis
Belongs to Tylosaurus according to T. S. Bullard and M. W. Caldwell 2010
See also Driscoll et al. 2019 and Lindgren 2005
Sister taxa: Elliptonodon, Elliptonodon compressus, Mosasaurus alseni, Tylosaurus bernardi, Tylosaurus dyspelor, Tylosaurus iembeensis, Tylosaurus ivoensis, Tylosaurus kansasensis, Tylosaurus laticaudus, Tylosaurus nepaeolicus, Tylosaurus perlatus, Tylosaurus proriger, Tylosaurus saskatchewanensis, Tylosaurus zangerli
Type specimen: MT 2, a partial skeleton ("poorly preserved, associated anterior portion of skull, dissociated limb bones and nearly complete vertebral column"). Its type locality is MDM Quarry 18, North Cox pit, which is in a Campanian offshore shale in the Pierre Shale Formation of Canada.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at MDM Quarry 18, North Cox pit
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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