Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Full reference: E. L. Nicholls and D. Meckert. 2002. Marine reptiles from the Nanaimo Group (Upper Cretaceous) of Vancouver Island. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 39(11):1591-1603
Parent taxon: Mosasaurinae according to D. A. Driscoll et al. 2019
See also Tanimoto 2005
Sister taxa: Clidastes, Dallasaurus, Globidensini, Globindensini, Gnathomortis, Igdamanosaurus, Jormungandr, Leiodon, Leiodontini, Megapterygius, Moanasaurus, Mosasaurini, Mosasaurus, Plesiotylosaurus, Plotosaurini, Polygonodon, Prognathodontini, Rikisaurus, Stelladens, Xenodens
Subtaxa: Kourisodon puntledgensis
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), Japan (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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