Mosasaurus couperi Gibbes 1851 (mosasaur)

Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae

Full reference: R. W. Gibbes. 1851. Memoir on Mosasaurus and the three allied new genera, Holcodus, Conosaurus, and Amphorosteus. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 2(5):1-13

Belongs to Mosasaurus according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Gibbes 1851, Hay 1902 and Russell 1967

Sister taxa: Mosasaurus beaugei, Mosasaurus caroliniensis, Mosasaurus conodon, Mosasaurus dekayi, Mosasaurus depressus, Mosasaurus flemingi, Mosasaurus gaudryi, Mosasaurus gracilis, Mosasaurus grosjeani, Mosasaurus hobetsuensis, 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

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mosasaurus couperi in the database

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