Bentiabasaurus Polcyn et al. 2023 (mosasaur)

Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae

Full reference: M. J. Polcyn, A. S. Schulp, and A. O. Gonçalves. 2023. Remarkably well-preserved in-situ gut-content in a specimen of Prognathodon kianda (Squamata: Mosasauridae) reveals multispecies intrafamilial predation, cannibalism, and a new mosasaurine taxon. Windows into Sauropsid and Synapsid Evolution: Essays in Honor of Louis L. Jacobs 66–98

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

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Bentiabasaurus jacobsi

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Type: Bentiabasaurus jacobsi

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Bentiabasaurus in the database

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