Pluridens

Dentary of Pluridens walkeri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mosasauroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha unranked: Pythonomorpha Superfamilia: †Mosasauroidea

Familia: †Mosasauridae
Subfamilia: †Halisaurinae
Genus: † Pluridens
Species: †P. calabaria – †P. serpentis – †P. walkeri

Name

Pluridens Lingham-Soliar, 1998

Type species: Pluridens walkeri Lingham-Soliar, 1998

References

• Lingham-Soliar, T. 1998. A new mosasaur Pluridens walkeri from the Upper Cretaceous, Maastrichtian of the Iullemmeden Basin, southwest Niger. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(4): 709–717. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1998.10011100, JSTOR Reference page. 
• Nicholas R. Longrich. 2016. "A new species of Pluridens (Mosasauridae: Halisaurinae) from the upper Campanian of Southern Nigeria". Cretaceous Research 64: 36-44. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2016.03.013

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