Holotype partial right mandible of Pluridens calabaria from the Late Cretaceous (upper Campanian) Nkporo Shale of Nigeria

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mosasauroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Superfamilia: †Mosasauroidea

Familia: †Mosasauridae
Subfamilia: †Halisaurinae
Genus: Pluridens
Species: Pluridens calabaria

Name

Pluridens calabaria Longrich, 2016

Type locality: Upper Campanian Nkporo Shale, near Calabar, Nigeria

Holotype: NHMUK R9804

References

Primary references

  • T. Lingham-Soliar. 1998. A new mosasaur Pluridens walkeri from the Upper Cretaceous, Maastrichtian of the Iullemmeden Basin, southwest Niger. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(4): 709–707.
  • Longrich, N.R. 2016. A new species of Pluridens (Mosasauridae: Halisaurinae) from the upper Campanian of Southern Nigeria. Cretaceous Research 64: 36–44. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2016.03.013
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