Sarabosaurus Polcyn et al. 2023 (mosasaur)

Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae

Full reference: M.J. Polcyn, N. Bardet, L.B. Albright, III and A. Titus. 2023. A new lower Turonian mosasaurid from the Western Interior Seaway and the antiquity of the unique basicranial circulation pattern in Plioplatecarpinae. Cretaceous Research 151(2023):105621

Parent taxon: Plioplatecarpinae according to M.J. Polcyn et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Angolasaurus, Ectenosaurus, Platecarpus ptychodon, Platecarpus somenensis, Plioplatecarpini, Selmasaurini, Yaguarasaurus

Subtaxa: Sarabosaurus dahli

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Type: Sarabosaurus dahli

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at GLCA site 327, Last Chance Canyon (Cretaceous of Utah)

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