Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Full reference: D. A. Russell. 1967. Systematics and morphology of American mosasaurs (Reptilia, Sauria). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 23:1-252
Parent taxon: Plioplatecarpinae according to C. R. Kiernan and J. A. Ebersole 2023
See also Bell and Polcyn 2005, Bell et al. 2013, Carroll 1988, Driscoll et al. 2019, Novas et al. 2002, Russell 1967 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Angolasaurus, Platecarpus ptychodon, Platecarpus somenensis, Plioplatecarpini, Sarabosaurus, Selmasaurini, Yaguarasaurus
Subtaxa: Ectenosaurus clidastoides Ectenosaurus shannoni Ectenosaurus tlemonectes
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (5: Alabama, Kansas, Texas collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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