Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Belongs to Mosasaurus according to N. Bardet et al. 2004
See also Driscoll et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Mosasaurus caroliniensis, Mosasaurus conodon, Mosasaurus couperi, Mosasaurus dekayi, Mosasaurus depressus, Mosasaurus flemingi, Mosasaurus gaudryi, Mosasaurus gracilis, Mosasaurus grosjeani, Mosasaurus hobetsuensis, Mosasaurus hoffmannii, Mosasaurus horridus, Mosasaurus impar, Mosasaurus ivoensis, Mosasaurus lemonnieri, Mosasaurus lonzeensis, Mosasaurus minor, Mosasaurus missouriensis, Mosasaurus mokoroa, Mosasaurus occidentalis, Mosasaurus prismaticus, Mosasaurus reversus, Mosasaurus scanicus, Macrosaurus validus, Macrosaurus laevis, Amphekepubis johnsoni, Nectoportheus validus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Oulad Abdoun Basin (Couche III, general), which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the Phosphates Formation of Morocco
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1 collection), Morocco (3), Syria (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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