Species
Valid Extinct

Tylosaurus proriger

(Cope 1869)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
6
Group
Mosasaures
Carnivore aquatic Terrestrial
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Classification
Mosasauridae Family
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Tylosaurinae Subfamily
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Tylosaurus Genus
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Tylosaurus proriger Species
Fossil sites 6 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
6
Geological formations
Niobrara
3
Sprinkle
1
Telegraph Creek
1
Pierre Shale
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
3
Santonian (85.7–83.6 Ma)
3
Synonyms (1)
Rhinosaurus micromus subjective synonym of Tylosaurus proriger
Bibliography
Original description
E. D. Cope. 1869. [On some specimens of extinct reptiles of interest]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 21:123
Bibliography (4)
M. J. Everhart. 2001. Revisions to the biostratigraphy of the Moasasauridae (Squamata) in the Smoky Hill Chalk Member of the Niobara Chalk (Late Cretaceous) of Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 104(1-2):59-78 DOI ↗
J. T. Thurmond. 1969. Notes on mosasaurs from Texas. The Texas Journal of Science 21(1):69-80
D. A. Russell. 1967. Systematics and morphology of American mosasaurs (Reptilia, Sauria). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 23:1-252
D. A. Russell. 1964. The Skull of American Mosasaurs.