Species
Valid Extinct

Prognathodon sectorius

(Cope 1871)

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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
Classification
Mosasauridae Family
Mosasaurinae Subfamily
Globidensini Tribe
Prognathodon Genus
Prognathodon sectorius Species
Fossil sites 6 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇪🇸 Spain
2
🇳🇱 Netherlands
2
🇺🇸 United States
2
Geological formations
Vitoria
1
Maastricht
1
Navesink
1
Hornerstown
1
Gulpen
1
Torme
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
5
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
E. D. Cope. 1871. Supplement to the "Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia and Reptilia of North America". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12:41-52 DOI ↗
Bibliography (6)
D. Bastiaans, J. J. F. Kroll, and D. Cornelissen, J. W. M. Jagt, A. S. Schulp. 2020. Cranial palaeopathologies in a Late Cretaceous mosasaur from the Netherlands. Cretaceous Research 112 DOI ↗
N. Bardet, G. Martin, and J. C. Corral, X. Pereda Suberbiola, H. Astibia. 2013. New mosasaurid teeth (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Maastrichtian of Albaina (Laño quarry, Condado de Treviño). Spanish Journal of Palaeontology 28(1):69-77 DOI ↗
N. Bardet. 2012. The mosasaur collections of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle of Paris. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 183(1):35-53 DOI ↗
N. Bardet, X. Pereda Suberbiola, and J.-C. Corral, J. I. Baceta, J. A. Torres, B. Botantz, G. Martin. 2012. A skull fragment of the mosasaurid Prognathodon cf. sectorius from the Late Cretaceous of Navarre (Basque-Cantabrian Region). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 183(2):117-121 DOI ↗
H. W. Miller. 1962. Appendix A: the Cretaceous reptiles of New Jersey. The Cretaceous Fossils of New Jersey, Part II 61:193-196
E. D. Cope. 1871. Supplement to the "Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia and Reptilia of North America". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12:41-52 DOI ↗