Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Full reference: K. R. Wright and S. W. Shannon. 1988. Selmasaurus russelli, a new plioplatecarpine mosasaur (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from Alabama. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(1):102-107
Parent taxon: Plioplatecarinae according to M. J. Polcyn and M. J. Everhart 2008
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wright and Shannon 1988
Sister taxa: Angolasaurus, Igdamanosaurus, Latoplatecarpus, Platecarpus, Platecarpus somenensis, Plesioplatecarpus, Plioplatecarpini, Prognathodontini
Subtaxa: Selmasaurus johnsoni Selmasaurus russelli
Type: Selmasaurus russelli
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Alabama, Kansas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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