Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae

Full reference: N. R. Longrich, N.-E. Jalil, X. Pereda-Suberbiola and N. Bardet. 2023. Stelladens mysteriosus: A Strange New Mosasaurid (Squamata) from the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Morocco. Fossils 1:2-14

Parent taxon: Mosasaurinae according to N. R. Longrich et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Clidastes, Dallasaurus, Globidensini, Globindensini, Gnathomortis, Igdamanosaurus, Jormungandr, Kourisodon, Leiodon, Leiodontini, Megapterygius, Moanasaurus, Mosasaurini, Mosasaurus, Plesiotylosaurus, Plotosaurini, Polygonodon, Prognathodontini, Rikisaurus, Xenodens

Subtaxa: Stelladens mysteriosus

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Type: Stelladens mysteriosus

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sidi Chennane [lower Couche III] (general) (Cretaceous of Morocco)

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