†Pluridens Lingham-Soliar 1998 (mosasaur)
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Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Full reference: T. Lingham-Soliar. 1998. A new mosasaur Pluridens walkeri from the Upper Cretaceous, Maastrichtian of the Iullemmeden Basin, southwest Niger. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(4):709-707
Parent taxon: Pluridensini according to N. R. Longrich et al. 2021
See also Lingham-Soliar 1998 and Longrich 2016
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Pluridens calabaria Pluridens serpentis Pluridens walkeri
Type: Pluridens walkeri
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Morocco (1 collection), Niger (1), Nigeria (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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