Species
Valid Extinct

Prognathodon saturator

Dortangs et al. 2002

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
4
Group
Mosasaures
Carnivore aquatic Terrestrial
Classification
Mosasauridae Family
Mosasaurinae Subfamily
Globidensini Tribe
Prognathodon Genus
Prognathodon saturator Species
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇳🇱 Netherlands
3
🇦🇴 Angola
1
Geological formations
Maastricht
2
Gulpen
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
4
Bibliography
Original description
R. W. Dortangs, A. S. Schulp, and E. W. A. Mulder, J. W. M. Jagt, H. H. G. Peeters, D. T. d. Graaf. 2002. A large new mosasaur from the Upper Cretaceous of the Netherlands. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences/Geologie en Mijnbouw 81(1):1-8 DOI ↗
Bibliography (4)
A. S. Schulp and J. W. M. Jagt. 2015. New material of Prognathodon (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the type Maastrichtian of the Netherlands. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 94(1):19-21 DOI ↗
O. Mateus, M. J. Polcyn, and L. L. Jacobs, R. Arujo, A. S. Schulp, J. Marinheiro, B. Pereira, D. P. Vineyard. 2012. Cretaceous amniotes from Angola: dinosaurs, pterosaurs, mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, turtles. Actas de V Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontologia de Dinosaurios y su Entorno, Salas de los Infantes, Burgos
J. W. M. Jagt, N. Motchurova-Dekova, and P. Ivanov, H. Capetta, A. S. Schulp. 2006. Latest Cretaceous mosasaurs and lamniform sharks from Labirinta cave, Vratsa district (northwest Bulgaria): a preliminary note. Annales Geologiques de la Peninsule Balkanique 67:51-63 DOI ↗
R. W. Dortangs, A. S. Schulp, and E. W. A. Mulder, J. W. M. Jagt, H. H. G. Peeters, D. T. d. Graaf. 2002. A large new mosasaur from the Upper Cretaceous of the Netherlands. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences/Geologie en Mijnbouw 81(1):1-8 DOI ↗