Hainosaurus boubker Rempert et al. 2022 (mosasaur)

Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae

Full reference: T. H. Rempert, B. P. Martens, and A. P. M. Vinkeles Melchers. 2022. First Record of a Tylosaurine Mosasaur from the Latest Cretaceous Phosphates of Morocco. Open Journal of Geology 12:883-906

Belongs to Hainosaurus according to T. H. Rempert et al. 2022

Sister taxon: Hainosaurus neumilleri

Type specimen: VANPS 13.0120 & 13.0120, a partial skull. Its type locality is Sidi Chennane [upper Couche III] (general), which is in a Maastrichtian marine phosphorite in the Couche III Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sidi Chennane [upper Couche III] (general)

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