†unranked clade Selmasaurini Longrich et al. 2024 (mosasaur)

Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae

Full reference: N. R. Longrich, M. J. Polcyn, N.-E. Jalil, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, and N. Bardet. 2024. A bizarre new plioplatecarpine mosasaurid from the Maastrichtian of Morocco. Cretaceous Research 105870

Parent taxon: Plioplatecarpinae according to N. R. Longrich et al. 2024

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

Subtaxa: Gavialimimus Goronyosaurus Khinjaria Selmasaurus

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Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Morocco (2 collections), Niger (1), Nigeria (2), United States (2: Alabama, Kansas)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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