Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae

Full reference: C. R. C. Strong, M. W. Caldwell, T. Konishi and A. Palci. 2020. A new species of longirostrine plioplatecarpine mosasaur (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco, with a re-evaluation of the problematic taxon ‘Platecarpus’ ptychodon. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 18(21):1769-1804

Parent taxon: Selmasaurini according to N. R. Longrich et al. 2024

See also Strong et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Goronyosaurus, Khinjaria, Selmasaurus

Subtaxa: Gavialimimus almaghribensis

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Type: Gavialimimus almaghribensis

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Oulad Abdoun Basin (Couche III, general) (Cretaceous of Morocco)

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