Genus
Valid Extinct

Phosphorosaurus

Dollo 1889

Phosphorosaurus is an extinct genus of marine lizard belonging to the mosasaur family. Phosphorosaurus is classified within the Halisaurinae subfamily alongside the genera Pluridens, Eonatator, and Halisaurus.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Mosasaures
Carnivore aquatic Terrestrial
Phosphorosaurus
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Classification
Mosasauridae Family
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Halisaurinae Unranked clade
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Halisaurini Unranked clade
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Phosphorosaurus Genus
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇴 Angola
1
🇯🇵 Japan
1
🇧🇪 Belgium
1
Geological formations
Mocuio
1
Hakobuchi
1
Craie de Ciply
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
3
Species (2)
Phosphorosaurus ortliebi 72 Ma
Phosphorosaurus ponpetelegans 72 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
D. A. Russell. 1967. Systematics and morphology of American mosasaurs (Reptilia, Sauria). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 23:1-252
Bibliography (3)
T. Konishi, M. W. Caldwell, and T. Nishimura, K. Sakurai, K. Tanoue. 2016. A new halisaurine mosasaur (Squamata: Halisaurinae) from Japan: the first record in the western Pacific realm and the first documented insights into binocular vision in mosasaurs. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14(10):809-839 DOI ↗
O. Mateus, M. J. Polcyn, and L. L. Jacobs, R. Arujo, A. S. Schulp, J. Marinheiro, B. Pereira, D. P. Vineyard. 2012. Cretaceous amniotes from Angola: dinosaurs, pterosaurs, mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, turtles. Actas de V Jornadas Internacionales sobre Paleontologia de Dinosaurios y su Entorno, Salas de los Infantes, Burgos
J. W. M. Jagt, N. Motchurova-Dekova, and P. Ivanov, H. Capetta, A. S. Schulp. 2006. Latest Cretaceous mosasaurs and lamniform sharks from Labirinta cave, Vratsa district (northwest Bulgaria): a preliminary note. Annales Geologiques de la Peninsule Balkanique 67:51-63 DOI ↗