Genre
Valide Éteint

Ectenosaurus

Russell 1967

Ectenosaurus is an extinct genus of marine lizard belonging to the mosasaur family. It is classified as part of the Plioplatecarpinae subfamily alongside genera like Angolasaurus and Platecarpus. Ectenosaurus is known from the Santonian and Campanian of Kansas, Alabama, and Texas.

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Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Occurrences PBDB
5
Groupe
Mosasaures
Carnivore aquatic Terrestre
Ectenosaurus
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PLoS ONE 6 (11): e27343. © Johan Lindgren, Michael J. Everhart, and Michael W. Caldwell · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia

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Classification
Mosasauridae Famille
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Plioplatecarpinae Sous-famille
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Ectenosaurus Genre
Sites de découverte 5 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
🇺🇸 États-Unis
5
Formations géologiques
Niobrara
3
Pen
1
Mooreville Chalk
1
Distribution temporelle
Campanien (83.6–72.2 Ma)
2
Santonien (85.7–83.6 Ma)
2
Coniacien (89.8–85.7 Ma)
1
Espèces (4)
Ectenosaurus clidastoides 90 Ma
Ectenosaurus shannoni 84 Ma
Ectenosaurus tlemonectes 90 Ma
Platecarpus oxyrhinus subjective synonym of Ectenosaurus clidastoides 90 Ma
Images 1
Bibliographie
Description originale
D. A. Russell. 1967. Systematics and morphology of American mosasaurs (Reptilia, Sauria). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 23:1-252
Bibliographie (4)
C. R. Kiernan and J. A. Ebersole. 2023. Two new plioplatecarpine mosasaurs (Mosasauridae; Plioplatecarpinae) of the genus Ectenosaurus from the Upper Cretaceous of North America. PaleoBios 40(13):1-28 DOI ↗
G. L. Bell Jr., K. R. Barnes, and M. J. Polcyn. 2013. Late Cretaceous mosasauroids (Reptilia, Squamata) of the Big bend region in Texas, USA. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 103:571-581 DOI ↗
J. Lindgren, M. J. Everhart, and M. W. Caldwell. 2011. Three-dimensionally preserved integument reveals hydrodynamic adaptations in the extinct marine lizard Ectenosaurus (Reptilia, Mosasauridae). PLoS One 6(11):e27343 DOI ↗
M. J. Everhart. 2004. Late Cretaceous interaction between predators and prey. Evidence of feeding by two species of shark on a mosasaur. PalArch 1(1):1-7