Carinodens acrodon Longrich et al. 2024 (mosasaur)

Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae

Full reference: N. R. Longrich, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, N. Jalil and N. Bardet. 2024. A New Species of the Durophagous Mosasaurid Carinodens from the Late Maastrichtian Phosphates of Morocco and Implications for Maastrichtian Mosasaurid Diversity. Diversity 17(1):25

Belongs to Carinodens according to N. R. Longrich et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Carinodens belgicus, Carinodens fraasi, Carinodens minalmamar

Type specimen: MHNM.KHG.1510, a maxilla (Complete left maxilla). Its type locality is Sidi Chennane [upper 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 [upper Couche III] (general)

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