Species
Valid Extinct

Prognathodon currii

Christiansen and Bonde 2002

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
6
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 currii Species
Fossil sites 6 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇦 Morocco
5
🇮🇱 Israel
1
Geological formations
Mishash
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
5
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
P. Christiansen and N. Bonde. 2002. A new species of gigantic mosasaur from the Late Cretaceous of Israel. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3):629-644 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
N. Bardet, X. Pereda Suberbiola, and M. Iarochène, M. Amalik, B. Bouya. 2005. Durophagous Mosasauridae (Squamata) from the Upper Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco, with description of a new species of Globidens. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences — Geologie en Mijnbouw 84(3):167-175 DOI ↗
P. Christiansen and N. Bonde. 2002. A new species of gigantic mosasaur from the Late Cretaceous of Israel. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3):629-644 DOI ↗