Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Full reference: M. J. Everhart. 2005. Tylosaurus kansasensis, a new species of tylosaurine (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the Niobrara Chalk of western Kansas, USA. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences — Geologie en Mijnbouw 84(3):231-240
Belongs to Tylosaurus according to D. A. Driscoll et al. 2019
See also Bell et al. 2013 and Everhart 2005
Sister taxa: Elliptonodon, Elliptonodon compressus, Mosasaurus alseni, Tylosaurus bernardi, Tylosaurus dyspelor, Tylosaurus iembeensis, Tylosaurus ivoensis, Tylosaurus laticaudus, Tylosaurus nepaeolicus, Tylosaurus pembinensis, Tylosaurus perlatus, Tylosaurus proriger, Tylosaurus saskatchewanensis, Tylosaurus zangerli
Type specimen: FHSM VP-2295, a partial skeleton (A complete, articulated skull and seven cervical vertebrae). Its type locality is FHSM VP-2295 locality, Ellis County, which is in a Coniacian marine chalk in the Niobrara Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1 collection), United States (14: Kansas, Texas)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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