Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Full reference: S. P. Welles and D. R. Gregg. 1971. Late Cretaceous marine reptiles of New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 9(1):1-111
Belongs to Prognathodon according to F. Fanti et al. 2014
See also Driscoll et al. 2019, Fordyce 1991 and Welles and Gregg 1971
Sister taxa: Liodon, Prognathodon compressidens, Prognathodon currii, Prognathodon giganteus, Prognathodon kianda, Prognathodon lutugini, Prognathodon mosasauroides, Prognathodon overtoni, Prognathodon rapax, Prognathodon saturator, Prognathodon sectorius, Prognathodon solvayi
Type specimen: C.M. zfr 108, a partial skeleton (disarticulated skull, cervical vertebrae, and ribs). Its type locality is Waipara River, upstream from Laidmore Bridge (M3/f9254), which is in a Maastrichtian offshore sandstone in the Conway Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of New Zealand (1 collection), United States (1: California)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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