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Prognathodon mosasauroides
Taxonomy
Liodon mosasauroides was named by Gaudry (1892). Its type specimen is MNHN 1891-14, a partial skull (Anterior part of a skull, including premaxillae, both maxillae and dentaries, preserved in occlusion), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cardesse, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate marl in the Marnes de Nay Formation of France.
It was recombined as Prognathodon mosasauroides by Schulp et al. (2008) and Driscoll et al. (2019).
It was recombined as Prognathodon mosasauroides by Schulp et al. (2008) and Driscoll et al. (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1892 | Liodon mosasauroides Gaudry p. 7 |
| 1967 | Liodon mosasauroides Russell p. 122 |
| 2008 | Prognathodon mosasauroides Schulp et al. p. 10 |
| 2019 | Prognathodon mosasauroides Driscoll et al. |
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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.
†Prognathodon mosasauroides Gaudry 1892
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Gervais 1852 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | France | Liodon mosasauroides (type locality: 141942) |