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†Compressidens Dollo 1924 (mosasaur)

Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae

Parent taxon: Mosasauridae according to A. Wells and W. W. K. Houston 2001

See also Russell 1967 and Thurmond 1969

Sister taxa: Amphorosteus, Amphorosteus brumbyi, Clidastes iguanavus, Globidentinae, Haasiasaurus, Halisaurinae, Halisauromorpha, Liodon congrops, Mosasaurinae, Mosasaurus crassidens, Mosasaurus mitchillii, Mosasaurus platyodon, Platecarpinae, Prognathosaurus, Russellosaurina, Tylosaurinae, Tylosaurus capensis, Yaguarasaurinae

Subtaxa: Compressidens belgicus

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Craie de Ciply, Mons Basin (Cretaceous of Belgium)

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