Pluridens calabaria

Holotype partial right mandible of Pluridens calabaria from the Late Cretaceous (upper Campanian) Nkporo Shale of Nigeria

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: Pluridens calabaria

Name

Pluridens calabaria Longrich, 2016

Type locality: Upper Campanian Nkporo Shale, near Calabar, Nigeria

Holotype: NHMUK R9804

References

Primary 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. 
• Longrich, N.R. 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