Thalassotitan Longrich et al. 2022 (mosasaur)

Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae

Full reference: N. R. Longrich, N.-E. Jalil, F. Khaldoune, O. K. Yazami, X. Pereda-Suberbiola and N. Bardet. 2022. Thalassotitan atrox, a giant predatory mosasaurid (Squamata) from the upper Maastrichtian phosphates of Morocco. Cretaceous Research 140:105315:1-32

Parent taxon: Prognathodontini according to N. R. Longrich et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Thalassotitan atrox

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Type: Thalassotitan atrox

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Morocco (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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