Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae

Full reference: M. J. Polcyn and M. J. Everhart. 2008. Description and phylogenetic analysis of a new species of Selmasaurus (Mosasauridae: Plioplatecarpinae) from the Niobrara Chalk of Western Kansas. Proceedings of the second Mosasaur Meeting 13-28

Belongs to Selmasaurus according to F. Fanti et al. 2014

See also Driscoll et al. 2019 and Polcyn and Everhart 2008

Sister taxon: Selmasaurus russelli

Type specimen: FHSM VP-13910, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is 3 miles southwest of Castle Rock, which is in a Santonian marine horizon in the Niobrara Formation of Kansas.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at 3 miles southwest of Castle Rock

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