Sironectes anguliferus Cope 1874 (mosasaur)

Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1874. Review of the Vertebrata of the Cretaceous Period found west of the Mississippi River. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, First Series 2:3-48

Belongs to Sironectes according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Cope 1874, Cope 1875 and Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Platecarpus affinis, Platecarpus anguliferus, Platecarpus brachycephalus, Platecarpus crassartus, Platecarpus curtirostris, Platecarpus glandiferus, Platecarpus latispinus, Platecarpus planifrons, Platecarpus tectulus, Platecarpus tympaniticus, Lestosaurus latispinus, Lestosaurus tectulus, Lestosaurus glandiferus, Holcodus acutidens

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Sironectes anguliferus in the database

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