Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae

Full reference: T. Konishi, M. Ohara, A. Misaki, H. Matsuoka, H. P. Street and M. W. Caldwell. 2023. A new derived mosasaurine (Squamata: Mosasaurinae) from south-western Japan reveals unexpected postcranial diversity among hydropedal mosasaurs. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 21(1):2277921

Parent taxon: Mosasaurinae according to T. Konishi et al. 2023

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

Subtaxa: Megapterygius wakayamaensis

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Type: Megapterygius wakayamaensis

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at 350 m south of Mt Toyajo (Cretaceous of Japan)

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