Mosasaurus beaugei Arambourg 1952 (mosasaur)

Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae

Belongs to Mosasaurus according to N. Bardet et al. 2004

See also Driscoll et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Mosasaurus caroliniensis, Mosasaurus conodon, Mosasaurus couperi, Mosasaurus dekayi, Mosasaurus depressus, Mosasaurus flemingi, Mosasaurus gaudryi, Mosasaurus gracilis, Mosasaurus grosjeani, Mosasaurus hobetsuensis, Mosasaurus hoffmannii, Mosasaurus horridus, 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: Its type locality is Oulad Abdoun Basin (Couche III, general), which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the Phosphates Formation of Morocco

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (1 collection), Morocco (3), Syria (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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