Species
Valid Extinct

Gavialimimus almaghribensis

Strong et al. 2020

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Mosasaures
Carnivore aquatic Terrestrial
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Classification
Mosasauridae Family
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Plioplatecarpinae Subfamily
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Selmasaurini Unranked clade
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Gavialimimus Genus
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Gavialimimus almaghribensis Species
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇦 Morocco
1
Geological formations
Phosphates
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
C. R. C. Strong, M. W. Caldwell, and T. Konishi, A. Palci. 2020. A new species of longirostrine plioplatecarpine mosasaur (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco, with a re-evaluation of the problematic taxon ‘Platecarpus’ ptychodon. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 18(21):1769-1804 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
C. R. C. Strong, M. W. Caldwell, and T. Konishi, A. Palci. 2020. A new species of longirostrine plioplatecarpine mosasaur (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco, with a re-evaluation of the problematic taxon ‘Platecarpus’ ptychodon. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 18(21):1769-1804 DOI ↗