Ectenosaurus Russell 1967 (mosasaur)

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

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (5: Alabama, Kansas, Texas collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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