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Prognathodon rapax
Taxonomy
Tylosaurus rapax was named by Hay (1902). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is West Jersey Marl Company's Pit, Barnsboro (New Egypt), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone/marl in the New Egypt Formation of New Jersey.
It was recombined as Prognathodon rapax by Russell (1967), Fanti et al. (2014) and Driscoll et al. (2019).
It was recombined as Prognathodon rapax by Russell (1967), Fanti et al. (2014) and Driscoll et al. (2019).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1902 | Tylosaurus rapax Hay p. 473 |
| 1930 | Tylosaurus rapax Hay p. 259 |
| 1939 | Ancylocentrum hungerfordi Chaffee pp. 1-5 figs. I-II |
| 1967 | Prognathodon rapax Russell p. 165 figs. text-fig. 91 |
| 2014 | Prognathodon rapax Fanti et al. |
| 2019 | Prognathodon rapax 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 rapax Hay 1902
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Invalid names: Ancylocentrum hungerfordi Chaffee 1939 [synonym], Liodon validus Cope 1868 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| D. A. Russell 1967 | "Large tuberosity on anteromedian edge of [q]uadrate shaft, suprastapedial process strongly constricted dorsally." |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Gervais 1852, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Maastrichtian | USA (New Jersey) | Ancylocentrum hungerfordi (26818) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (Maryland) | Prognathodon rapax (27563) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (New Jersey) | Prognathodon rapax (127082) Tylosaurus rapax (type locality: 48570) |