Prognathodon lutugini Yakovlev 1905 (mosasaur)

Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae

Alternative combination: Dollosaurus lutugini

Belongs to Prognathodon according to D. V. Grigoriev 2013

See also Driscoll et al. 2019 and Russell 1967

Sister taxa: Liodon, Prognathodon compressidens, Prognathodon currii, Prognathodon giganteus, Prognathodon kianda, Prognathodon mosasauroides, Prognathodon overtoni, Prognathodon rapax, Prognathodon saturator, Prognathodon sectorius, Prognathodon solvayi, Prognathodon waiparaensis

Type specimen: CCMGE 818, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Severskii Donets River, near Krymskoe village, which is in a Campanian marine sandstone in Ukraine.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Severskii Donets River, near Krymskoe village

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