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Sarabosaurus dahli

Osteichthyes - Mosasauridae

Taxonomy
Sarabosaurus dahli was named by Polcyn et al. (2023). Its type specimen is UMNH VP21800 (GLCA 24271), a skull, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is GLCA site 327, Last Chance Canyon, which is in a Turonian offshore shale in the Tropic Shale Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Sarabosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Sarabosaurus dahli Polcyn et al.

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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
Russellosaurina(Bell 1997)
subfamilyPlioplatecarpinae(Dollo 1884)
genusSarabosaurus
speciesdahli

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.

Sarabosaurus dahli Polcyn et al. 2023
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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: Carroll 1988, Gervais 1852, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Utah) Sarabosaurus dahli (type locality: 233570)