Tylosaurus perlatus Cope 1869 (mosasaur)

Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae

Alternative combination: Liodon perlatus

Belongs to Tylosaurus according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Hay 1902 and Russell 1967

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

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tylosaurus perlatus in the database

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