Carinodens minalmamar Schulp et al. 2009 (mosasaur)

Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae

Full reference: A. S. Schulp, N. Bardet, and B. Bouya. 2009. A new species of the durophagous mosasaur Carinodens (Squamata, Mosasauridae) and additional material of Carinodens belgicus from the Maastrichtian phosphates of Morocco. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 88(3):161-167

Belongs to Carinodens according to A. S. Schulp et al. 2009

See also Driscoll et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Carinodens belgicus, Carinodens fraasi

Type specimen: OCP DEK/GE 453, a mandible (near-complete left and right dentary of the same individual, with two teeth preserved in left dentary). Its type locality is Level 3, Benguérir, which is in a Maastrichtian marine phosphorite in Morocco.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Denmark (1 collection), Morocco (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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