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Kourisodon
Taxonomy
Kourisodon was named by Nicholls and Meckert (2002).
It was assigned to Mosasauridae by Tanimoto (2005); and to Mosasaurinae by Driscoll et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Mosasauridae by Tanimoto (2005); and to Mosasaurinae by Driscoll et al. (2019).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Kourisodon Nicholls and Meckert p. 1595 |
| 2005 | Kourisodon Tanimoto |
| 2019 | Kourisodon 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.
G. †Kourisodon Nicholls and Meckert 2002
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†Kourisodon puntledgensis Nicholls and Meckert 2002
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: Gervais 1852, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 85.80000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Santonian | Canada (British Columbia) | K. puntledgensis (27724) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Japan (Kagawa) | K. sp. (119011) | |
| Maastrichtian | Japan (Osaka) | Mosasauridae indet. (119018) |