Kaikaifilu hervei

Otero et al. 2017

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Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Mosasaures

Carnivore aquatic Terrestrial

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Classification

Mosasauridae Family

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Tylosaurinae Subfamily

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Kaikaifilu Genus

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Kaikaifilu hervei Species

Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇦🇶 Antarctica

Geological formations

Lopez de Bertodano

López de Bertodano

Temporal distribution

Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)

Bibliography

Original description

R. A. Otero, S. Soto-Acuna, and D. Rubilar-Rogers, C. S. Gutstein. 2017. Kaikaifilu hervei gen. et sp. nov., a new large mosasaur (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the upper Maastrichtian of Antarctica. Cretaceous Research 70:209-225 DOI ↗

Bibliography (2)

E. W. A. Mulder. 1999. Transatlantic latest Cretaceous mosasaurs (Reptilia, Lacertilia) from the Maastrichtian type area and New Jersey. Geologie en Mijnbouw 78:281-300