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Pluridens walkeri
Taxonomy
Pluridens walkeri was named by Lingham-Soliar (1998). Its type specimen is NHMUK R14153, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mount Ilatarda area, which is in a Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Farin-Doutchi Formation of Niger. It is the type species of Pluridens.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1998 | Pluridens walkeri Lingham-Soliar pp. 709-712 figs. 2-6 |
| 2016 | Pluridens walkeri Longrich |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Pluridens walkeri Lingham-Soliar 1998
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| T. Lingham-Soliar 1998 | Moderately large mosasaur. Very long, slender dentary, anterior half cross-section almost circular extending to short, no distinguishable carinae, broad, smooth anterior surface, hairline crenations posterior, slightly discernible broad facets, tips posteriorly recurved; teeth virtually uniform in size along most of the dental ramus; replacement teeth emerge medial to mature tooth crowns; resorption pits on mid-lingual side of tooth base. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Gervais 1852, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Maastrichtian | Niger | Pluridens walkeri (type locality: 97996) |