Species
Valid Extinct

Prognathodon rapax

(Hay 1902)

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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 rapax Species
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
4
Geological formations
New Egypt
2
Navesink
1
Severn
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
4
Synonyms (2)
Ancylocentrum hungerfordi subjective synonym of Prognathodon rapax
Liodon validus subjective synonym of Prognathodon rapax
Bibliography
Original description
O. P. Hay. 1902. Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179:1-868 DOI ↗
Bibliography (4)
M. T. W. Carter, R. O. Johnson, and J. A. Chamberlain, C. Mehling. 2008. A new vertebrate fauna from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) New Egypt Formation of New Jersey. Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America 40(2):78-79
D. Baird. 1986. Upper Cretaceous reptiles from the Severn Formation of Maryland. The Mosasaur 3:63-85
R. G. Chaffee. 1939. A New Jersey mosasaur of the subfamily Platecarpinae. The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (37):1-5
O. P. Hay. 1902. Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179:1-868 DOI ↗