Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Invalid subtaxa: Rhamphosaurus Cope 1872 [replaced name], Rhinosaurus Marsh 1872 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Tylosaurinae according to P. Jiménez-Huidobro et al. 2018
See also Bardet et al. 2005, Bardet et al. 2006, Bell and Polcyn 2005, Bell et al. 2013, Carroll 1988, Cope 1872, Driscoll et al. 2019, Everhart 2002, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hornung et al. 2018, Leidy 1873, Lindgren and Siverson 2002, McDowell and Bogert 1954, Miller 1967, Novas et al. 2002, Osborn 1899, Osborn 1899, Plasse et al. 2024, Russell 1967, Russell 1970, Sepkoski 2002, Thurmond 1969, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Welles and Gregg 1971 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Hainosaurus, Hainosaurus lonzeensis, Kaikaifilu, Taniwhasaurus
Subtaxa: Elliptonodon Elliptonodon compressus Mosasaurus alseni Tylosaurus bernardi Tylosaurus dyspelor Tylosaurus iembeensis Tylosaurus ivoensis Tylosaurus kansasensis Tylosaurus laticaudus Tylosaurus nepaeolicus Tylosaurus pembinensis Tylosaurus perlatus Tylosaurus proriger Tylosaurus saskatchewanensis Tylosaurus zangerli
Type: Tylosaurus nepaeolicus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Belgium (2), Canada (3: Manitoba, Saskatchewan), France (1), Germany (2), Jordan (1), Mexico (1), Spain (1), Sweden (7), United States (41: Alabama, Colorado, Delaware, Kansas, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas)
Total: 60 collections including 64 occurrences
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