Bentiabasaurus

Polcyn et al. 2023

Bentiabasaurus was a gracile mosasaurine mosasaur from the Late Cretaceous Mocuio Formation of Angola. The type and only species of the genus, B. jacobsi, was described in 2023 by Michael Polcyn, Anne Schulp and António Gonçalves.

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Plage temporelle

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Occurrences PBDB

Groupe

Mosasaures

Carnivore aquatic Terrestre

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Main skull block of Bentiabasaurus jacobsi holotype (MGUAN P183D) on temporary display at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History © Macrophyseter · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia

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Classification

Mosasauridae Famille

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Mosasaurinae Sous-famille

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Plotosaurini Tribu

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Bentiabasaurus Genre

Espèces (1)

Bentiabasaurus jacobsi

Bibliographie

Description originale

M. J. Polcyn, A. S. Schulp, and A. O. Gonçalves. 2023. Remarkably well-preserved in-situ gut-content in a specimen of Prognathodon kianda (Squamata: Mosasauridae) reveals multispecies intrafamilial predation, cannibalism, and a new mosasaurine taxon. Windows into Sauropsid and Synapsid Evolution: Essays in Honor of Louis L. Jacobs