Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Full reference: M. G. Mehl. 1930. A new genus of mosasaurs from Mexico, and notes on the pelvic girdle of Platecarpus. Denison University Bulletin, Journal of the Scientific Laboratories 29(10):383-400
Belongs to Amphekepubis according to D. A. Russell 1967
See also Mehl 1930
Sister taxa: Mosasaurus beaugei, 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, Nectoportheus validus
Type specimen: University of Missouri No. 509 V.P., a partial skeleton. Its type locality is East of Monterey, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian marine claystone in the San Felipe Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at East of Monterey
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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