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Prognathodon saturator
Taxonomy
Prognathodon saturator was named by Dortangs et al. (2002). Its type specimen is NHMM 1998141, a partial skeleton (Nearly complete skull, articulated cervical and anterior dorsal vertebrae with ribs, isolated pygal and sacral vertebrae, scapulocoracoid and scattered appendic), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is ENCI-Maastricht B.V. quarry (flint layer 18), which is in a Maastrichtian shallow subtidal grainstone in the Gulpen Formation of the Netherlands.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Prognathodon saturator Dortangs et al. |
| 2014 | Prognathodon saturator Fanti et al. |
| 2019 | Prognathodon saturator 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 saturator Dortangs et al. 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Gervais 1852, Carroll 1988 | |||||
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 | Angola (Namibe) | Prognathodon saturator (140328) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Netherlands (Limburg) | Prognathodon saturator (type locality: 116894 138726) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Netherlands | Prognathodon saturator (219136) |