Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Full reference: P. Christiansen and N. Bonde. 2002. A new species of gigantic mosasaur from the Late Cretaceous of Israel. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3):629-644
Belongs to Prognathodon according to F. Fanti et al. 2014
See also Christiansen and Bonde 2002 and Driscoll et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Liodon, Prognathodon compressidens, Prognathodon giganteus, Prognathodon kianda, Prognathodon lutugini, Prognathodon mosasauroides, Prognathodon overtoni, Prognathodon rapax, Prognathodon saturator, Prognathodon sectorius, Prognathodon solvayi, Prognathodon waiparaensis
Type specimen: HUJ.OR 100, a skull (Skull with eight anterior vertebrae). Its type locality is Oron (level 4a), which is in a Campanian marine phosphorite in the Mishash Formation of Israel.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Israel (1 collection), Morocco (5)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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