Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Alternative combinations: Liodon sectorius, Tylosaurus sectorius
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1871. Supplement to the "Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia and Reptilia of North America". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12:41-52
Belongs to Prognathodon according to A. S. Schulp et al. 2008
See also Cope 1871, Driscoll et al. 2019, Hay 1902, Hay 1930 and Russell 1967
Sister taxa: Liodon, Prognathodon compressidens, Prognathodon currii, Prognathodon giganteus, Prognathodon kianda, Prognathodon lutugini, Prognathodon mosasauroides, Prognathodon overtoni, Prognathodon rapax, Prognathodon saturator, Prognathodon solvayi, Prognathodon waiparaensis
Type specimen: AMNH 1401, a partial skull. Its type locality is Pemberton Marl Company pit (Navesink), which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine horizon in the Navesink Formation of New Jersey.
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Netherlands (2 collections), Spain (2), United States (2: New Jersey)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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