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Ectenosaurus
Taxonomy
Ectenosaurus was named by Russell (1967) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sn].
It was assigned to Plioplatecarpini by Russell (1967); to Mosasauridae by Carroll (1988) and Novas et al. (2002); to Squamata by Sepkoski (2002); to Russellosaurina by Bell and Polcyn (2005); and to Plioplatecarpinae by Bell et al. (2013), Driscoll et al. (2019) and Kiernan and Ebersole (2023).
It was assigned to Plioplatecarpini by Russell (1967); to Mosasauridae by Carroll (1988) and Novas et al. (2002); to Squamata by Sepkoski (2002); to Russellosaurina by Bell and Polcyn (2005); and to Plioplatecarpinae by Bell et al. (2013), Driscoll et al. (2019) and Kiernan and Ebersole (2023).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1967 | Ectenosaurus Russell p. 156 |
| 1988 | Ectenosaurus Carroll |
| 2002 | Ectenosaurus Novas et al. |
| 2002 | Ectenosaurus Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Ectenosaurus Bell and Polcyn p. 189 |
| 2013 | Ectenosaurus Bell Jr. et al. p. 577 |
| 2019 | Ectenosaurus Driscoll et al. |
| 2023 | Ectenosaurus Kiernan and Ebersole p. 4 |
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G. †Ectenosaurus Russell 1967
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†Ectenosaurus clidastoides Merriam 1894
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Invalid names: Platecarpus oxyrhinus Merriam 1894 [synonym]
†Ectenosaurus shannoni Kiernan and Ebersole 2023
†Ectenosaurus tlemonectes Kiernan and Ebersole 2023
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| C. R. Kiernan and J. A. Ebersole 2023 | Plioplatecarpine possessing the following apomorphies: premaxilla-maxilla suture extending posteriorly beyond posterior end of third maxillary tooth; maxillary and dentary tooth count each exceeding 12; prefrontal excluded from posterolateral margin of external nares by wing of maxilla; frontal emarginate above orbits; prefrontal and postorbitofrontal not in contact; parietal table wider than long; posteroventral process on jugal present; anterior border of jugal vertical ramus convex near jugal corner; 9–11 teeth in pterygoid; pterygoid tooth row anterior to ectopterygoid process straight; pterygoid teeth subequal in size; suprastapedial process
medially excavated; posterolateral infrastapedial process of quadrate overlapping posteriorly onto distal terminus of surprastapedial process; stapedial pit narrowly rectangular; medial parapet of dentary higher than lateral wall; coronoid dorsal process extending posteriorly over free dorsal border of surangular, terminating acutely in profile; post-glenoid notch on dorsal rim of articular; at least 29 presacral, five pygal, and 28 intermediate caudal vertebrae; hypapophysis laterally compressed; anteroventral ridge extending from hypapophysis distinct, almost reaching cotyle; articular surface of pygal square in outline, not triangular; up to seven well ossified carpals. See Russell (1967:157–158) for additional diagnostic postcranial characters, based on the neotype specimen. |