Prognathodon overtoni

Taxonavigation

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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
Cladus: Sauropsida
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: †Mosasaurinae
Tribus: Globidensini
Genus: Prognathodon
Species: P. waiparaensis –...

Name

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Prognathodon Dollo, 1889

References

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  • Lindgren, J.; Schulp, A.S. 2010: New material of Prognathodon (Squamata: Mosasauridae), and the mosasaur assemblage of the Maastrichtian of California, U.S.A. Journal of vertebrate paleontology, 30 (5): 1632–1636. DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2010.501444
  • Schulp, A.S. 2006: A comparative description of Prognathodon saturator (Mosasauridae, Squamata), with notes on its phylogeny; pp. 19–56 in A. S. Schulp (ed.), On Maastricht Mosasaurs. Publicaties van het Natuurhistorisch Genootschap in Limburg 45 (1).
  • Schulp, A.S.; M. J. Polcyn, O. Mateus, L. L. Jacobs, and M. L. Morais 2008: A new species of Prognathodon (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the Maastrichtian of Angola, and the affinities of the mosasaur genus Liodon. Proceedings of the Second Mosasaur Meeting, Fort Hays Studies Special Issue 3:1–12.
  • Schulp, A.S.; G. H. I. M. Walenkamp, P. A. M. Hofman, B. M. Rothschild, and J.W.M. Jagt 2004: Rib fracture in Prognathodon saturator (Mosasauridae, Late Cretaceous). Netherlands journal of geosciences, 83: 251–254.
  • Schulp, A.S.; M. J. Polcyn, O. Mateus, L. L. Jacobs, M. L. Morais, and T. da Silva Tavares 2006: New mosasaur material from the Maastrichtian of Angola, with notes on the phylogeny, distribution and palaeoecology of the genus Prognathodon. Pp. 57–67 in A. S. Schulp (ed.), On Maastricht Mosasaurs. Publicaties van het Natuurhistorisch Genootschap in Limburg 45 (1).
 
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