Mosasaurus hobetsuensis Suzuki 1985 (mosasaur)

Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae

Full reference: S. Suzuki. 1985. A new species of Mosasaurus (Reptilia, Squamata) from the Upper Cretaceous Hakobuchi Group in Central Hokkaido, Japan. Monograph of the Association for the Geological Collaboration in Japan 30:45-66

Belongs to Mosasaurus according to D. A. Driscoll et al. 2019

See also Suzuki 1985

Sister taxa: Mosasaurus beaugei, Mosasaurus caroliniensis, Mosasaurus conodon, Mosasaurus couperi, Mosasaurus dekayi, Mosasaurus depressus, Mosasaurus flemingi, Mosasaurus gaudryi, Mosasaurus gracilis, Mosasaurus grosjeani, Mosasaurus hoffmannii, Mosasaurus horridus, Mosasaurus impar, Mosasaurus ivoensis, Mosasaurus lemonnieri, Mosasaurus lonzeensis, Mosasaurus minor, Mosasaurus missouriensis, Mosasaurus mokoroa, Mosasaurus occidentalis, Mosasaurus prismaticus, Mosasaurus reversus, Mosasaurus scanicus, Nectoportheus validus, Amphekepubis johnsoni, Macrosaurus validus, Macrosaurus laevis

Type specimen: HMG-12, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Pankerusano-sawa Creek (Locality B), which is in a Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Hakobuchi Formation of Japan.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pankerusano-sawa Creek (Locality B)

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