Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Full reference: S. Suzuki. 1985. A new species of Mosasaurus (Reptilia, Squamata) from the Upper Cretaceous Hakobuchi Group in Central Hokkaido, Japan. Monograph of the Association for the Geological Collaboration in Japan 30:45-66
Belongs to Mosasaurus according to D. A. Driscoll et al. 2019
See also Suzuki 1985
Sister taxa: Mosasaurus beaugei, Mosasaurus caroliniensis, Mosasaurus conodon, Mosasaurus couperi, Mosasaurus dekayi, Mosasaurus depressus, Mosasaurus flemingi, Mosasaurus gaudryi, Mosasaurus gracilis, Mosasaurus grosjeani, Mosasaurus hoffmannii, Mosasaurus horridus, Mosasaurus impar, Mosasaurus ivoensis, Mosasaurus lemonnieri, Mosasaurus lonzeensis, Mosasaurus minor, Mosasaurus missouriensis, Mosasaurus mokoroa, Mosasaurus occidentalis, Mosasaurus prismaticus, Mosasaurus reversus, Mosasaurus scanicus, Macrosaurus validus, Macrosaurus laevis, Amphekepubis johnsoni, Nectoportheus validus
Type specimen: HMG-12, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Pankerusano-sawa Creek (Locality B), which is in a Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Hakobuchi Formation of Japan.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Pankerusano-sawa Creek (Locality B)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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