Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Full reference: T. Lingham-Soliar. 1991. Mosasaurs from the Upper Cretacous of Niger. Palaeontology 34(3):653-670
Parent taxon: Mosasaurinae according to D. A. Driscoll et al. 2019
See also Lingham-Soliar 1991 and Rieppel 1996
Sister taxa: Clidastes, Dallasaurus, Globidensini, Globindensini, Gnathomortis, Jormungandr, Kourisodon, Leiodon, Leiodontini, Megapterygius, Moanasaurus, Mosasaurini, Mosasaurus, Plesiotylosaurus, Plotosaurini, Polygonodon, Prognathodontini, Rikisaurus, Stelladens, Xenodens
Subtaxa: Igdamanosaurus aegyptiacus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Egypt (2 collections), Morocco (1), Niger (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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