†Khinjaria acuta Longrich et al. 2024 (mosasaur)
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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
Belongs to Khinjaria according to N. R. Longrich et al. 2024
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MHNM.KHG.521, a partial skull. Its type locality is Sidi Chennane [lower Couche III] (general), which is in a Maastrichtian marine phosphorite in the Couche III Formation of Morocco.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Sidi Chennane [lower Couche III] (general)
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