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Prognathodon

Reptilia - Mosasauridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Prognathodon Dollo
1897Brachysaurus Williston p. 96 figs. Pl. 8
1901Dollosaurus Yakovlev
1902Brachysaurus Hay p. 471
1926Brachysaurana Strand p. 54
1927Ancylocentrum Schmidt p. 59
1930Ancylocentrum Hay p. 261
1939Ancylocentrum Chaffee p. 1
1954Ancylocentrum McDowell and Bogert p. 132
1954Dollosaurus McDowell and Bogert p. 132
1967Prognathodon Russell p. 162
1967Dollosaurus Russell p. 169
1970Prognathodon Russell p. 373
1971Prognathodon Welles and Gregg p. 55
1981Prognathodon Thurmond and Jones p. 160
1988Dollosaurus Carroll
1988Prognathodon Carroll
1990Prognathodon Wiffen p. 72
2002Prognathodon Dortangs et al.
2002Prognathodon Novas et al.
2002Dollosaurus Sepkoski
2002Prognathodon Sepkoski
2005Prognathodon Bardet et al.
2005Prognathodon Bell and Polcyn p. 189
2008Prognathodon Schulp et al. p. 1
2011Prognathodon Konishi et al. p. 1028
2012Prognathodon LeBlanc et al.
2018Prognathodon Hornung et al. p. 545
2019Prognathodon Driscoll et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Squamata()
familyMosasauridae
subfamilyMosasaurinaeGervais 1853
tribeGlobidensiniRussell 1967
genusPrognathodonDollo 1889

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Prognathodon Dollo 1889
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Prognathodon currii Christiansen and Bonde 2002
Prognathodon giganteus Dollo 1889
Prognathodon kianda Schulp et al. 2008
Prognathodon lutugini Yakovlev 1905
Prognathodon overtoni Williston 1897
Prognathodon rapax Hay 1902
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Invalid names: Ancylocentrum hungerfordi Chaffee 1939 [synonym], Liodon validus Cope 1868 [synonym]
Prognathodon saturator Dortangs et al. 2002
Prognathodon solvayi Dollo 1889
Prognathodon waiparaensis Welles and Gregg 1971
Invalid names: Ancylocentrum Schmidt 1927 [synonym], Brachysaurana Strand 1926 [synonym], Brachysaurus Williston 1897 [synonym], Dollosaurus Yakovlev 1901 [synonym], Liodon Owen 1842 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Reproduction: ovoviviparousf
Created: 2018-01-05 16:32:54
Modified: 2018-01-05 16:32:54
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Gervais 1852, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 100.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (77 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany Liodon paradoxus (138006)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8France P. sp. (141946)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.8 - 70.6USA (Alabama) P. sp. (81972)
Late/Upper Santonian - Middle Campanian85.8 - 70.6USA (Georgia) P. sp. (35289)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1France Liodon compressidens (141943)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (South Dakota) P. overtoni (107781)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Colorado) P. overtoni (99494)
Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Saudi Arabia (Tabuk) P. sp. (116314)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Sweden Dollosaurus sp. (102883 102885 142721)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Sweden (Skåne) Dollosaurus sp. (74334)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Russian Federation (Saratov) P. sp. (86332)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Sweden (Skane) Dollosaurus sp. (106407 106411)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6France Liodon compressidens (141937)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (North Carolina) Macrosaurus impar (57918)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (South Dakota) P. overtoni (107780)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Ukraine (Luhansk) Dollosaurus lutugini (194179)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Russian Federation (Volgograd) Dollosaurus sp., P. sp. (59385)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Poland P. sp. (28084)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Alabama) P. sp. (207338)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium P. giganteus, P. solvayi (82893)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Italy P. sp. (156033)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) P. sp. (106278)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany (Niedersachsen) P. sp. (31993)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) P. overtoni (119087 119088 119089) P. sp. (132555)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Israel P. currii (35443)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Belgium (Liege) P. solvayi (32147)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Spain (Navarre) P. sectorius (140632)
Haumurian83.5 - 66.0New Zealand (Canterbury) Liodon haumuriensis (101409)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) P. sp. (7515)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0New Zealand (Hawke's Bay) P. overtoni (232255)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Syria P. giganteus (117849 117850 117852) P. sp., P. giganteus (117863)
Middle Campanian - Danian83.5 - 61.6New Zealand (Chatham Islands Territory) P. sp. (141989)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Ancylocentrum hungerfordi (26818) Liodon sectorius (167536)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (California) P. waiparaensis (103992)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jordan P. giganteus (13366)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Maryland) P. rapax (27563)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Angola (Namibe) P. saturator (140328)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Denmark P. sp. (221032)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Belgium (Hainaut) P. giganteus, P. solvayi (214641)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Congo-Kinshasa P. sp. (142145)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium P. solvayi (82892)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Angola (Namibe) Liodon sp., P. kianda (106705)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Egypt P. sp. (231937)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco P. currii, P. giganteus (116902 116903)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) P. sp. (201617)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Basse-Normandie) P. sp. (142087 142088)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France Liodon mosasauroides (141942)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco (Chaouia-Ouardigha) P. sp. (92203)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands P. saturator (219136) P. sectorius (215802)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) P. saturator (116894) P. sectorius, P. saturator (138726)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0South Africa (Eastern Cape) Tylosaurus capensis (214311)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Burgos) P. sectorius, P. solvayi, Leiodon anceps, Leiodon sp. (176782) P. sp. (213730)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) P. rapax (127082) Tylosaurus rapax (48570) Tylosaurus sectorius (87902)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0New Zealand (South Island) P. waiparaensis (106757)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco P. sp., P. currii (99627 213665 213666)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) P. sp. (208355)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Denmark P. sp. (221031)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Murcia) P. sp. (152895)