Species
Valid Extinct

Prognathodon solvayi

(Dollo 1889)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
7
Group
Mosasaures
Carnivore aquatic Terrestrial
Classification
Mosasauridae Family
Mosasaurinae Subfamily
Globidensini Tribe
Prognathodon Genus
Prognathodon solvayi Species
Fossil sites 7 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇪 Belgium
5
🇪🇸 Spain
1
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Ciply-Malogne
2
Spiennes Chalk
1
Gulpen
1
Craie de Ciply
1
Torme
1
Pedee
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
5
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
2
Bibliography
Original description
F. Fanti, A. Cau, and A. Negri. 2014. A giant mosasaur (Reptilia, Squamata) with an unusually twisted dentition from the Argille Scagliose Complex (late Campanian) of Northern Italy. Cretaceous Research 49:91-104 DOI ↗
Bibliography (5)
T. Rempert, B. Martens, and A. Vinkeles Melchers. 2024. Mosasaurs (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Late Cretaceous (Late Maastrichtian) of North Carolina, USA. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 328(3):384-391 DOI ↗
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 ↗
J. W. M. Jagt. 2005. Stratigraphic ranges of mosasaurs in Belgium and the Netherlands (Late Cretaceous) and cephalopod-based correlations with North America. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences — Geologie en Mijnbouw 84(3):283-301 DOI ↗
N. Bardet, J. C. Corral, and X. Pereda Superbiola. 1997. Les mosasaures (Squamata) du Cretace Superieur du Bassin Basco-Cantabrique. Geobios 20:19-26 DOI ↗
T. Lingham-Soliar and D. Nolf. 1989. The mosasaur Prognathodon (Reptilia, Mosasauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Belgium. Bulletin de L'institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 39:137-190