Actinopteri - Crossognathiformes - Pachyrhizodontidae
Alternative combination: Conosaurops bowmani
Full reference: R. W. Gibbes. 1851. Memoir on Mosasaurus and the three allied new genera, Holcodus, Conosaurus, and Amphorosteus. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 2(5):1-13
Belongs to Conosaurus according to W. F. Rapp 1946
See also Gibbes 1851, Hay 1902 and Leidy 1868
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ashley River (Miocene Marl), which is in a Miocene marine marl in South Carolina
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: South Carolina collection)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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