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Tethysaurus nopcsai
Taxonomy
Tethysaurus nopcsai was named by Bardet et al. (2003). Its type specimen is MNHN GOU1, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North of Goulmima (Unit 4), which is in a Turonian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Akrabou Formation of Morocco.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2003 | Tethysaurus nopcsai Bardet et al. pp. 611-613 figs. 1, 2 |
| 2014 | Tethysaurus nopcsai Fanti et al. |
| 2019 | Tethysaurus nopcsai Driscoll et al. |
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†Tethysaurus nopcsai Bardet et al. 2003
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| N. Bardet et al. 2003 | "Medium-sized mosasauroid less than 3 meters in length; prefrontal strongly vaulted in anterior view; parietal exhibits a triangular table ending posteriorly in two pointed pegs overlying the supraoccipital; jugal with a large and wide ascending ramus; medullar floor of the basioccipital pierced by three foramina; splenial with a large notched dorsomedial process; surangular exposed medially ventral to the coronoid; dental formula 19-20 maxillary, 15-19 pterygoid and at least 19 dentary teeth; large paracotylar and parazygosphenal foramina on vertebrae." |