†Selmasaurus Wright and Shannon 1988 (mosasaur)
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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: Selmasaurini according to N. R. Longrich et al. 2024
See also Driscoll et al. 2019, Polcyn and Everhart 2008, Sepkoski 2002 and Wright and Shannon 1988
Sister taxa: Gavialimimus, Goronyosaurus, Khinjaria
Subtaxa: Selmasaurus johnsoni 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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