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genus

Mosasaurus Conybeare, 1822 ^†

kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Chordata - chordates » order Squamata - lizards and snakes » family Mosasauridae » tribus Mosasaurini

Scientific synonyms

Baseodon Leidy, 1865
Batrachiosaurus Harlan, 1839
Batrachotherium Harlan, 1839
Drepanodon Leidy, 1861
Lesticodus Leidy, 1861
Nectoportheus Cope, 1868
Pterycollosaurus Dollo, 1882

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Included taxa

Number of records: 19

species Mosasaurus beaugei Armbourg, 1952 ^†

species Mosasaurus copeanus Marsh, 1869 ^†

species Mosasaurus crassidens Marsh, 1870 ^†

species Mosasaurus dekayi Bronn, 1838 ^†

species Mosasaurus giganteus (Somering, 1916) ^†

species Mosasaurus gracilis Owen, 1851 ^†

species Mosasaurus hardenponti ^†

species Mosasaurus hobetsuensis Suzuki, 1985 ^†

species Mosasaurus hoffmannii Mantell, 1829 ^†

species Mosasaurus johnsoni (Mehl, 1930) ^†

species Mosasaurus lemonnieri Dollo, 1889 ^†

species Mosasaurus lonzeensis Dollo, 1904 ^†

species Mosasaurus lundgreni (Schroder, 1885) ^†

species Mosasaurus meirsii Marsh, 1869 ^†

species Mosasaurus missouriensis (Harlan, 1834) ^†

species Mosasaurus mokoroa Welles & Gregg, 1971 ^†

species Mosasaurus neovidii von Meyer, 1845 ^†

species Mosasaurus prismaticus Sakuai, Chitoku & Shibuya, 1999 ^†

species Mosasaurus scanicus Schroder, 1885 ^†

Links and literature

Fossilworks - Paleobiology Database [36402]

Fossilworks - Paleobiology Database [http://fossilworks.org/] [as Mosasaurus Conybeare, 1822]
Data retrieved on: 13 December 2015

The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1033774]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [http://www.irmng.org] [as Mosasaurus Conybeare in Parkinson, 1822]
Data retrieved on: 21 January 2020

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