Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Full reference: J. T. Thurmond. 1969. New name for the mosasaur Compressidens Dollo, 1924. Journal of Paleontology 43(5):1298
Parent taxon: Globidensini according to A. S. Schulp et al. 2009
See also Driscoll et al. 2019, Longrich et al. 2024, Schulp et al. 2006, Schulp et al. 2004, Sepkoski 2002 and Thurmond 1969
Sister taxa: Globidens, Prognathodon
Subtaxa: Carinodens acrodon Carinodens belgicus Carinodens fraasi Carinodens minalmamar
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Belgium (2), Brazil (2), Denmark (1), Morocco (3), the Netherlands (3), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (1), United States (1: Maryland)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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