Species
Valid Extinct

Prognathodon waiparaensis

Welles and Gregg 1971

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Mosasaures
Carnivore aquatic Terrestrial
Classification
Mosasauridae Family
Mosasaurinae Subfamily
Globidensini Tribe
Prognathodon Genus
Prognathodon waiparaensis Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇳🇿 New Zealand
1
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Conway
1
Moreno
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
2
Bibliography
Original description
S. P. Welles and D. R. Gregg. 1971. Late Cretaceous marine reptiles of New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 9(1):1-111
Bibliography (2)
J. Lindgren and A. S. Schulp. 2010. New material of Prognathodon (Squamata: Mosasauridae), and the mosasaur assemblage of the Maastrichtian of California, USA. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(5):1632-1636 DOI ↗
S. P. Welles and D. R. Gregg. 1971. Late Cretaceous marine reptiles of New Zealand. Records of the Canterbury Museum 9(1):1-111