Species
Valid Extinct

Phosphorosaurus ponpetelegans

Konishi et al. 2016

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Mosasaures
Carnivore aquatic Terrestrial
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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
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Phosphorosaurus ponpetelegans Species
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇯🇵 Japan
1
Geological formations
Hakobuchi
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
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 ↗
Bibliography (1)
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 ↗