Mosasaurus ivoensis Russell 1967 (mosasaur)

Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae

Alternative combination: Mosasaurus hoffmanni ivoensis

Full reference: D. A. Russell. 1967. Systematics and morphology of American mosasaurs (Reptilia, Sauria). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 23:1-252

Belongs to Mosasaurus according to D. A. Russell 1967

See also Driscoll et al. 2019 and Lindgren and Siverson 2002

Sister taxa: Mosasaurus beaugei, Mosasaurus caroliniensis, Mosasaurus conodon, Mosasaurus couperi, Mosasaurus dekayi, Mosasaurus depressus, Mosasaurus flemingi, Mosasaurus gaudryi, Mosasaurus gracilis, Mosasaurus grosjeani, Mosasaurus hobetsuensis, Mosasaurus hoffmannii, Mosasaurus horridus, Mosasaurus impar, 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: Swedish Museum of Natural History R1292, a tooth (Marginal tooth crown)

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

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

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