Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Alternative combinations: Liodon laevis, Mosasaurus laevis
Full reference: R. Owen. 1849. Notes on remains of fossil reptiles discovered by Prof Henry Rogers of Pennsylvania, US, in Greensand Formations of New Jersey. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 5(1):380-383
Belongs to Macrosaurus according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Cope 1869, Cope 1875, Hay 1902, Owen 1849 and Russell 1967
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 horridus, Mosasaurus impar, Mosasaurus ivoensis, Mosasaurus lemonnieri, Mosasaurus lonzeensis, Mosasaurus minor, Mosasaurus missouriensis, Mosasaurus mokoroa, Mosasaurus occidentalis, Mosasaurus prismaticus, Mosasaurus reversus, Mosasaurus scanicus, Amphekepubis johnsoni, Macrosaurus validus, Nectoportheus validus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Macrosaurus laevis in the database
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