Stelladens mysteriosus Longrich et al. 2023 (mosasaur)

Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae

Full reference: N. R. Longrich, N.-E. Jalil, X. Pereda-Suberbiola and N. Bardet. 2023. Stelladens mysteriosus: A Strange New Mosasaurid (Squamata) from the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Morocco. Fossils 1:2-14

Belongs to Stelladens according to N. R. Longrich et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MHNM.KHG.1436, a mandible. Its type locality is Sidi Chennane [lower Couche III] (general), which is in a Maastrichtian marine phosphorite in the Couche III Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sidi Chennane [lower Couche III] (general)

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