Mosasaurus scanicus Schröder 1885 (mosasaur)

Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae

Full reference: H. Schröder. 1885. Saurierreste aus der baltischen oberen Kreide [Saurian remains from the Baltic Upper Cretaceous]. Jahrbuch der Königlich Preussischen geologischen Landesanstalt und Bergakademie zu Berlin 1884:293-333

Belongs to Mosasaurus according to H. Schröder 1885

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 ivoensis, Mosasaurus lemonnieri, Mosasaurus lonzeensis, Mosasaurus minor, Mosasaurus missouriensis, Mosasaurus mokoroa, Mosasaurus occidentalis, Mosasaurus prismaticus, Mosasaurus reversus, Nectoportheus validus, Amphekepubis johnsoni, Macrosaurus validus, Macrosaurus laevis

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

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

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