Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Alternative combination: Hainosaurus bernardi
Belongs to Tylosaurus according to P. Jiménez-Huidobro and M. W. Caldwell 2016
See also Dollo 1909, Driscoll et al. 2019, Lindgren 2005 and Russell 1967
Sister taxa: Elliptonodon, Elliptonodon compressus, Mosasaurus alseni, Tylosaurus dyspelor, Tylosaurus iembeensis, Tylosaurus ivoensis, Tylosaurus kansasensis, Tylosaurus laticaudus, Tylosaurus nepaeolicus, Tylosaurus pembinensis, Tylosaurus perlatus, Tylosaurus proriger, Tylosaurus saskatchewanensis, Tylosaurus zangerli
Type specimen: IRsNB R23C, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Ciply (Ciply-Malogne chalk, IRScNB collection), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate chalk in the Ciply-Malogne Phosphatic Chalk Formation of Belgium.
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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