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Pluridens calabaria

Osteichthyes - Mosasauridae

Taxonomy
Pluridens calabaria was named by Longrich (2016). Its type specimen is NHMUK R9804, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fauna 12, 36.3-36.7 km from Calabar, south-east Nigeria, which is in a Campanian offshore shale in the Nkporo Shale Formation of Nigeria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Pluridens calabaria Longrich

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
familyMosasauridae
Halisaurinae
Pluridensini
genusPluridens
speciescalabaria

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 calabaria Longrich 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Reproduction: ovoviviparousf
Created: 2018-01-05 16:32:54
Modified: 2018-01-05 16:32:54
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Gervais 1852, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Nigeria Pluridens calabaria (type locality: 69692)