Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1856. Notices of remains of extinct vertebrated animals of New Jersey, collected by Prof. Cook of the State Geological Survey under the direction of Dr. W. Kitchell. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8:220-221
Parent taxon: Mosasaurinae according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Hay 1902, McDowell and Bogert 1954, Miller 1967, Schwimmer et al. 1997 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Clidastes, Dallasaurus, Globidensini, Globindensini, Gnathomortis, Igdamanosaurus, Jormungandr, Kourisodon, Leiodon, Leiodontini, Megapterygius, Moanasaurus, Mosasaurini, Mosasaurus, Plesiotylosaurus, Plotosaurini, Prognathodontini, Rikisaurus, Stelladens, Xenodens
Subtaxa: none
Type: Polygonodon vetus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Polygonodon in the database
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