Genus
Valid Extinct

Gavialimimus

Strong et al. 2020

Gavialimimus is an extinct genus of plioplatecarpine mosasaur from the Maastrichtian of Morocco and possibly Angola.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Mosasaures
Carnivore aquatic Terrestrial
Gavialimimus
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Classification
Mosasauridae Family
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Plioplatecarpinae Subfamily
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Selmasaurini Unranked clade
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Gavialimimus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇦 Morocco
1
Geological formations
Phosphates
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Gavialimimus almaghribensis 72 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
C. R. C. Strong, M. W. Caldwell, and T. Konishi, A. Palci. 2020. A new species of longirostrine plioplatecarpine mosasaur (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco, with a re-evaluation of the problematic taxon ‘Platecarpus’ ptychodon. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 18(21):1769-1804 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
C. R. C. Strong, M. W. Caldwell, and T. Konishi, A. Palci. 2020. A new species of longirostrine plioplatecarpine mosasaur (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco, with a re-evaluation of the problematic taxon ‘Platecarpus’ ptychodon. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 18(21):1769-1804 DOI ↗