Species
Valid Extinct

Thalassotitan atrox

Longrich et al. 2022

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Mosasaures
Carnivore aquatic Terrestrial
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Classification
Mosasauridae Family
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Mosasaurinae Subfamily
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Prognathodontini Unranked clade
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Thalassotitan Genus
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Thalassotitan atrox Species
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇦 Morocco
3
Geological formations
Couche III
3
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
3
Bibliography
Original description
N. R. Longrich, N.-E. Jalil, and F. Khaldoune, O. K. Yazami, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, N. Bardet. 2022. Thalassotitan atrox, a giant predatory mosasaurid (Squamata) from the upper Maastrichtian phosphates of Morocco. Cretaceous Research 140:105315:1-32 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
N. R. Longrich, N.-E. Jalil, and F. Khaldoune, O. K. Yazami, X. Pereda-Suberbiola, N. Bardet. 2022. Thalassotitan atrox, a giant predatory mosasaurid (Squamata) from the upper Maastrichtian phosphates of Morocco. Cretaceous Research 140:105315:1-32 DOI ↗