Compressidens belgicus Woodward 1891

Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae

Alternative combination: Bottosaurus belgicus

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1891. Note on tooth of an extinct alligator (Bottosaurus belgicus, sp. nov.) from the Lower Danian of Ciply, Belgium. Geological Magazine 8(3):114-115

Belongs to Compressidens according to D. A. Russell 1967

See also Driscoll et al. 2019, Schulp et al. 2006, Schulp et al. 2004, Thurmond 1969 and Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Craie de Ciply, Mons Basin, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate sandstone in the Craie de Ciply Formation of Belgium

Distribution: found only at Craie de Ciply, Mons Basin

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