†Sarabosaurus dahli Polcyn et al. 2023 (mosasaur)
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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
Belongs to Sarabosaurus according to M.J. Polcyn et al. 2023
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UMNH VP21800 (GLCA 24271), a skull. Its type locality is GLCA site 327, Last Chance Canyon, which is in a Turonian offshore shale in the Tropic Shale Formation of Utah.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at GLCA site 327, Last Chance Canyon
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