Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Synonyms: Ancylocentrum Schmidt 1927, Brachysaurana Strand 1926, Brachysaurus Williston 1897, Dollosaurus Yakovlev 1901
Parent taxon: Globidensini according to A. R. H. LeBlanc et al. 2012
See also Bardet et al. 2005, Bell and Polcyn 2005, Carroll 1988, Chaffee 1939, Dollo 1909, Dortangs et al. 2002, Driscoll et al. 2019, Grigoriev 2013, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hornung et al. 2018, Konishi et al. 2011, McDowell and Bogert 1954, Novas et al. 2002, Russell 1967, Russell 1970, Schulp et al. 2008, Sepkoski 2002, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Welles and Gregg 1971 and Wiffen 1990
Sister taxa: Carinodens, Globidens
Subtaxa: Liodon Prognathodon compressidens Prognathodon currii Prognathodon giganteus Prognathodon kianda Prognathodon lutugini Prognathodon mosasauroides Prognathodon overtoni Prognathodon rapax Prognathodon saturator Prognathodon sectorius Prognathodon solvayi Prognathodon waiparaensis
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Angola (2), Argentina (1), Belgium (4), Canada (4: Alberta), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Denmark (2), Egypt (1), France (6), Germany (2), Israel (1), Italy (1), Jordan (1), Morocco (6), the Netherlands (4), New Zealand (3), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2), Saudi Arabia (1), South Africa (1), Spain (5), Sweden (6), Syria (4), Ukraine (1), United States (17: Alabama, California, Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas)
Total: 78 collections including 91 occurrences
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