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

Belongs to Gavialimimus according to C. R. C. Strong et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MHNM.KHG.1231, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Oulad Abdoun Basin (Couche III, general), which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the Phosphates Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

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

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