Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Synonyms: Amphekepubis Mehl 1930, Baseodon Leidy 1865, Batrachiosaurus Harlan 1839, Batrachotherium Harlan 1839, Drepanodon Leidy 1861, Lesticodus Leidy 1861, Macrosaurus Owen 1849, Nectoportheus Cope 1868, Pterycollosaurus Dollo 1882
Full reference: J. Parkinson. 1822. Outlines of Oryctology. An Introduction to the Study of Fossil Organic Remains; Especially of Those Found in the British Strata: Intended to Aid the Student in His Inquiries Respecting the Nature of Fossils viii-350
Parent taxon: Mosasaurinae according to P. González Ruiz et al. 2019
See also Antunes 1964, Baird and Case 1966, Bardet et al. 2004, Bardet et al. 2005, Bell and Polcyn 2005, Carroll 1988, Cope 1869, Coues 1862, d'Orbigny 1849, Dortangs et al. 2002, Driscoll et al. 2019, Fernández et al. 2008, Fitzinger 1826, Gervais 1852, Gervais 1853, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Kiernan 1992, LeBlanc et al. 2012, Leidy 1873, Lingham-Soliar 1995, Martin and Crame 2006, Mateus et al. 2012, McDowell and Bogert 1954, Meyer 1845, Miller 1967, Novas et al. 2002, Owen 1842, Owen 1851, Owen 1861, Parkinson 1822, Reynoso and Cruz 2014, Russell 1967, Sepkoski 2002, Street and Caldwell 2017, Suzuki 1985, Thurmond 1969, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Welles and Gregg 1971, Wiffen 1990 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Clidastes, Dallasaurus, Globidensini, Globindensini, Gnathomortis, Igdamanosaurus, Jormungandr, Kourisodon, Leiodon, Leiodontini, Megapterygius, Moanasaurus, Mosasaurini, Plesiotylosaurus, Plotosaurini, Polygonodon, Prognathodontini, Rikisaurus, Stelladens, Xenodens
Subtaxa: Amphekepubis johnsoni Macrosaurus laevis Macrosaurus validus 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 Nectoportheus validus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey collection)
• Cretaceous of Angola (1), Antarctica (2), Argentina (1), Belgium (4), Brazil (2), Bulgaria (1), Canada (2: Alberta, Saskatchewan), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Cuba (2), Denmark (3), France (2), Germany (1), Italy (3), Japan (3), Jordan (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (3), the Netherlands (3), New Zealand (4), Niger (1), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (3), South Africa (1), Spain (3), Sweden (1), Syria (7), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (45: Alabama, Colorado, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 109 collections including 130 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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