Unranked clade
Valid Extinct

Prognathodontini

(Russell 1967)

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
5
Group
Mosasaures
Carnivore aquatic Terrestrial
Prognathodontini
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Classification
Mosasauridae Family
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Mosasaurinae Subfamily
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Prognathodontini Unranked clade
Fossil sites 5 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇦 Morocco
3
🇧🇷 Brazil
1
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Couche III
3
Pedee
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
5
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
D. A. Russell. 1967. Systematics and morphology of American mosasaurs (Reptilia, Sauria). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 23:1-252
Bibliography (3)
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 ↗
N. R. Longrich, N.-E. Jalil, and F. Khaldoune, O. K. Yazami, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, N. Bardet. 2022. Thalassotitan atrox, a giant predatory mosasaurid (Squamata) from the upper Maastrichtian phosphates of Morocco. Cretaceous Research 140:105315:1-32 DOI ↗
L. B. de Carvalho. 1996. A ocorrência de lagartos marinhos (Mosasauridae - Lepidosauria) e sua associação faunística no cretáceo da Bacia Pernambuco Paraíba, nordeste do Brasil.