Species
Valid Extinct

Prognathodon overtoni

(Williston 1897)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
7
Group
Mosasaures
Carnivore aquatic Terrestrial
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Classification
Mosasauridae Family
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Mosasaurinae Subfamily
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Globidensini Tribe
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Prognathodon Genus
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Prognathodon overtoni Species
Fossil sites 7 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
3
🇨🇦 Canada
3
🇳🇿 New Zealand
1
Geological formations
Bearpaw Shale
3
Pierre Shale
2
Lewis Shale
1
Tahora
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
7
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 (4)
T. Konishi, D. Brinkman, and J. A. Massare, M. W. Caldwell. 2011. New exceptional specimens of Prognathodon overtoni (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the upper Campanian of Alberta, Canada, and the systematics and ecology of the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(5):1026-1046 DOI ↗
J. Wiffen. 1990. New mosasaurs (Reptilia; Family Mosasauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 33(1):67-85 DOI ↗
B. S. Kues and S. G. Lucas. 1985. Mosasaur remains from the Lewis Shale (Upper Cretaceous), Southwestern Colorado. Journal of Paleontology 59(6):1395-1400
D. A. Russell. 1964. The Skull of American Mosasaurs.