Tylosaurus iembeensis Antunes 1964

Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae

Alternative combination: Mosasaurus iembeensis

Full reference: M. T. Antunes. 1964. O Neocretácico e o Cenozoico do litoral de Angola. Junta de Investigações do Ultramar 1-254

Belongs to Tylosaurus according to D. A. Driscoll et al. 2019

See also Antunes 1964

Sister taxa: Elliptonodon, Elliptonodon compressus, Mosasaurus alseni, Tylosaurus bernardi, Tylosaurus dyspelor, Tylosaurus ivoensis, Tylosaurus kansasensis, Tylosaurus laticaudus, Tylosaurus nepaeolicus, Tylosaurus pembinensis, Tylosaurus perlatus, Tylosaurus proriger, Tylosaurus saskatchewanensis, Tylosaurus zangerli

Type specimen: Its type locality is Iembe, Tadi, which is in a Coniacian coastal horizon in the Itombe Formation of Angola

Distribution: found only at Iembe, Tadi

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