Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Full reference: M. W. Caldwell, T. Konishi, I. Obata and K. Muramoto. 2008. A new species of Taniwhasaurus (Mosasauridae, Tylosaurinae) from the Upper Santonian-Lower Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Hokkaido, Japan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(2):339-348
Belongs to Taniwhasaurus according to M. W. Caldwell et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Taniwhasaurus antarcticus, Taniwhasaurus oweni
Type specimen: MCM.M0009, a partial skull (Partial articulated skull, preserved in three dimensions, missing anterior portion of snout, and skull and braincase elements posterior to the orbit). Its type locality is Katsurazawa River dam, which is in a Santonian/Campanian offshore sandstone in the Kashima Formation of Japan.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Japan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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