This list of mosasaurs is a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the family Mosasauridae or the parent clade Mosasauroidea, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera that are now considered invalid, doubtful (nomen dubium), or were not formally published (nomen nudum), as well as junior synonyms of more established names, and genera that are no longer considered mosasauroid. Non-mosasaurid mosasauroids shall be noted as such. The list currently includes 85 genera, out of which 51 are considered valid (41 mosasaurids and 10 other mosasauroids).
There is no official, canonical list of mosasaur genera but one of the most thorough attempts can be found on the "Pythonomorpha" section of Mikko Haaramo's Phylogeny Archive.
Junior synonym: A name which describes the same taxon as a previously published name. If two or more genera are formally designated and the type specimens are later assigned to the same genus, the first to be published (in chronological order) is the senior synonym, and all other instances are junior synonyms. Senior synonyms are generally used, except by special decision of the ICZN, but junior synonyms cannot be used again, even if deprecated. Junior synonymy is often subjective, unless the genera described were both based on the same type specimen.
Nomen nudum (Latin for "naked name"): A name that has appeared in print but has not yet been formally published by the standards of the ICZN. Nomina nuda (the plural form) are invalid, and are therefore not italicized as a proper generic name would be. If the name is later formally published, that name is no longer a nomen nudum and will be italicized on this list. Often, the formally published name will differ from any nomina nuda that describe the same specimen. In this case, these nomina nuda will be deleted from this list in favor of the published name.
Preoccupied name: A name that is formally published, but which has already been used for another taxon. This second use is invalid (as are all subsequent uses) and the name must be replaced. As preoccupied names are not valid generic names, they will also go unitalicized on this list.
Nomen dubium (Latin for "dubious name"): A name describing a fossil with no unique diagnostic features.
Dubious genus due to the fragmentary nature of the type specimen and the type species L. anceps. All species referred to it likely do not belong to the same genus.
^Redescription of Acteosaurus tommasinii von Meyer, 1860, and a discussion of evolutionary trends within the clade Ophidiomorpha. 2010.
^Stenocercus at Herpbreeder.com April 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 12-03-2007.
^Leblanc, A.R.H.; Caldwell, M.W.; Bardet, N. (2012). "A new mosasaurine from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) phosphates of Morocco and its implications for mosasaurine systematics". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (1): 82–104. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.624145. S2CID 130559113.
^Catherine R. C. Strong; Michael W. Caldwell; Takuya Konishi; Alessandro Palci (2020). "A new species of longirostrine plioplatecarpine mosasaur (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco, with a re-evaluation of the problematic taxon 'Platecarpus' ptychodon". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 18 (21): 1769–1804. doi:10.1080/14772019.2020.1818322.
^Lively, J.R. (2020). "Redescription and phylogenetic assessment of 'Prognathodon' stadtmani: implications for Globidensini monophyly and character homology in Mosasaurinae". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 40 (3): e1784183. doi:10.1080/02724634.2020.1784183.
^Kaddumi, Hani F. (2009). "A new durophagous mosasaur (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Maastrichtian Muwaqqar Chalk Marl Formation of the Harrana Fauna". Fossils of the Harrana Fauna and the Adjacent Areas. Amman: Eternal River Museum of Natural History. pp. 36–48. OCLC 709582892.
^Sauropterygia at Paleofile.com. Retrieved 12-03-2007.
^ abKonishi, T.; Caldwell, M.W. (2011). "Two new plioplatecarpine (Squamata, Mosasauridae) genera from the Upper Cretaceous of North America, and a global phylogenetic analysis of plioplatecarpines". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (4): 754–783. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.579023. S2CID 85972311.
^Cuthbertson, R.S.; Mallon, J.C.; Campione, N.E.; Holmes, R.B. (2007). "A new species of mosasaur (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Pierre Shale (lower Campanian) of Manitoba". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 44 (5): 593–606. Bibcode:2007CaJES..44..593C. doi:10.1139/e07-006.
^Edward Drinker Cope "On the structure of the Pythonomorpha". (1872) Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 24:140-141
^Wiffen, J. 1990: New mosasaurs (Reptilia; family Mosasauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand journal of geology and geophysics, 33: 67-85.
^Alessandro Palci, Michael W. Caldwell and Cesare A. Papazzoni (2013). "A new genus and subfamily of mosasaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of northern Italy". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33 (3): 599–612. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.731024. S2CID 86646993.
^Polcyn, M. J. & Bell Jr., G. L., 2005: Russellosaurus coheni n. gen., n. sp., a 92 million-year-old mosasaur from Texas (USA), and the definition of the parafamily Russellosaurina. –Netherlands Journal of Geosciences: Vol. 84, #3.
^Wright, K. R. & Shannon, S. W., 1988: Selmasaurus russelli, a new plioplatecarpine mosasaur (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from Alabama. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 8, #1, pp. 102-107
^Bardet, N., X. Pereda Suberbiola, and N-E. Jalil. 2003. A new mosasauroid (Squamata) from the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) of Morocco. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Palevol 2:607–616.
^Smith, K.T. and Buchy, M-C. 2008 A new aigialosaur (Squamata-Anguimorpha) with soft tissue remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(1): 85-94.
References
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This list of mosasaurs is a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the family Mosasauridae or the parent clade Mosasauroidea excluding purely vernacular terms The list includes all commonly accepted genera but also genera that are now considered invalid doubtful nomen dubium or were not formally published nomen nudum as well as junior synonyms of more established names and genera that are no longer considered mosasauroid Non mosasaurid mosasauroids shall be noted as such The list currently includes 85 genera out of which 51 are considered valid 41 mosasaurids and 10 other mosasauroids Tylosaurus proriger mounted skeleton in the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center in Woodland Park Colorado Contents 1 Scope and terminology 2 Mosasaur genera 3 See also 4 Notes 4 1 ReferencesScope and terminology EditThere is no official canonical list of mosasaur genera but one of the most thorough attempts can be found on the Pythonomorpha section of Mikko Haaramo s Phylogeny Archive Naming conventions and terminology follow the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature Technical terms used include Junior synonym A name which describes the same taxon as a previously published name If two or more genera are formally designated and the type specimens are later assigned to the same genus the first to be published in chronological order is the senior synonym and all other instances are junior synonyms Senior synonyms are generally used except by special decision of the ICZN but junior synonyms cannot be used again even if deprecated Junior synonymy is often subjective unless the genera described were both based on the same type specimen Nomen nudum Latin for naked name A name that has appeared in print but has not yet been formally published by the standards of the ICZN Nomina nuda the plural form are invalid and are therefore not italicized as a proper generic name would be If the name is later formally published that name is no longer a nomen nudum and will be italicized on this list Often the formally published name will differ from any nomina nuda that describe the same specimen In this case these nomina nuda will be deleted from this list in favor of the published name Preoccupied name A name that is formally published but which has already been used for another taxon This second use is invalid as are all subsequent uses and the name must be replaced As preoccupied names are not valid generic names they will also go unitalicized on this list Nomen dubium Latin for dubious name A name describing a fossil with no unique diagnostic features Mosasaur genera EditGenus Authors Year Status Location NotesActeosaurus Meyer 1860 Valid Slovenia More basal than the Mosasauridae potentially a non mosasaurid mosasauroid though likely more basal 1 Perhaps a dolichosaurid Adriosaurus Seeley 1881 Valid Slovenia More basal than the Mosasauridae its position within Squamata is uncertain Aigialosaurus Kramberger 1892 Valid Croatia Non mosasaurid mosasauroid classified within the Aigialosauridae Amphekepubis Mehl 1930 Nomen dubium Mexico Possible junior synonym of Mosasaurus Amphorosteus Gibbs 1851 Nomen dubium USA Nomen dubium Ancylocentrum Schmidt 1927 Jr synonym Junior synonym of Prognathodon Angolasaurus Telles Antunes 1964 Valid Angola Niger USA BrazilBaptosaurus Marsh 1870 Jr synonym N A Junior synonym of Halisaurus Baseodon Leidy 1865 Jr synonym N A Junior synonym of Mosasaurus Batrachiosaurus Harlan 1839 Jr synonym N A Junior synonym of Mosasaurus Brachysaurana Strand 1928 Jr synonym N A Junior synonym of Prognathodon Brachysaurus Williston 1897 Preoccupied N A Preoccupied by a junior synonym of an iguanian lizard genus Stenocercus 2 referred to replacement names Brachysaurana and Ancylocentrum of which Ancylocentrum has priority as such Carinodens Woodward 1891 Valid Morocco Netherlands Ukraine Russia BelgiumCarsosaurus Kornhuber 1893 Valid SloveniaClidastes Cope 1868 Valid Russia Jordan Germany USA Sweden MexicoCompressidens Dollo 1924 Preoccupied N A Preoccupied by a tusk shell later renamed Carinodens Dallasaurus Polcyn Bell 2005 Valid USADolichosaurus Owen 1894 Valid UK Non mosasaurid mosasauroid Dollosaurus Yakovlev 1901 Disputed Spain Sweden Russia Possible junior synonym of Prognathodon Ectenosaurus Russel 1967 Valid USAEdestosaurus Marsh 1871 Jr synonym Junior synonym of Clidastes Eidolosaurus Nopcsa 1923 Valid Slovenia Potentially a non mosasaurid mosasauroid though has an uncertain phylogenetic placement Elliptonodon Emmons 1858 Jr synonym Junior synonym of Tylosaurus Eonatator Bardet Pereda Suberbiola Iarochene Bouya Amaghzaz 2005 Valid Colombia SwedenEremiasaurus 3 Leblanc Caldwell Bardet 2012 Valid Morocco Type species is Eremiasaurus heterodontus Gavialimimus 4 Stronget al 2020 Valid MoroccoGlobidens Gilmore 1912 Valid USA Belgium Jordan Angola Syria Morocco Egypt Brazil IndonesiaGnathomortis 5 Lively 2020 Valid USAGoronyosaurus Azzaroli de Guili Ficcarelli Torre 1972 Valid MoroccoHaasiasaurus Polcyn Tchernov Jacobs 2003 Valid State of PalestineHainosaurus Dollo 1885 Valid Sweden Russia Poland USA France Belgium SpainHalisaurus Marsh 1869 Valid Morocco Niger Jordan Peru DRC USA Sweden Belgium Renamed Baptosaurus Marsh 1870 when Marsh thought the name was preoccupied by a fish Halosaurus Modern rules allow the original Harranasaurus 6 Kaddumi 2009 Valid JordanHolcodus Gibbs 1851 Jr synonym Junior synonym of Platecarpus Holosaurus Marsh 1880 Preoccupied Referred to Platecarpus Hydrosaurus Kornhuber 1873 Preoccupied Preoccupied by an agamid lizard renamed Pontosaurus Igdamanosaurus Zdansky 1935 Valid Niger Egypt MoroccoKaikaifilu Otero et al 2016 Valid AntarcticaKolposaurus Camp 1942 Preoccupied Preoccupied by a junior synonym of Nothosaurus 7 referred to PlotosaurusKomensaurus Caldwell Palci 2007 Valid SloveniaKourisodon Nicholls Meckert 2002 Valid Japan CanadaLakumasaurus Novas Fernandez Gasparini de Lirio Mumez Puerta 2002 Jr synonym Junior synonym of Taniwhasaurus Latoplatecarpus 8 Konishi Caldwell 2011 Valid Canada Type species is Latoplatecarpus willistoni A second species is Latoplatecarpus nichollsae originally described in genus Plioplatecarpus 9 Leiodon Owen 1841 Preoccupied Spain Ukraine UK Preoccupied by a fish referred to Liodon Lesticodus Leidy 1861 Jr synonym Junior synonym of Mosasaurus Lestosaurus Marsh 1872 Jr synonym Junior synonym of Platecarpus Liodon Agassiz 1846 Nomen dubium USA Germany New Zealand Angola Dubious genus due to the fragmentary nature of the type specimen and the type species L anceps All species referred to it likely do not belong to the same genus Macrosaurus Owen 1849 Jr synonym Junior synonym of Halisaurus Mesoleptos Cornalia 1851 Valid Croatia Slovenia State of Palestine More basal than the Mosasauridae its position within Squamata is uncertain Moanasaurus Wiffen 1980 Valid Mosasaurus Conybeare 1822 Valid UK Bulgaria Canada New Zealand Netherlands Turkey Poland Angola USA DRC Russia South Africa Sweden Poland Syria Spain Japan Denmark Belgium Niger Italy Jordan MoroccoNectoportheus Cope 1868 Jr synonym Junior synonym of Mosasaurus Opetiosaurus Kornhuber 1901 Disputed Possible junior synonym of Aigialosaurus Oterognathus Dollo 1889 Jr synonym Junior synonym of Plioplatecarpus Pannoniasaurus Makadi Caldwell Osi 2012 Valid Phosphorosaurus Dollo 1889 Valid AngolaPlatecarpus Cope 1869 Valid USA Angola Russia Syria Egypt Sweden Morocco Jordan Canada Brazil Spain Niger AustraliaPlesioplatecarpus 8 Konishi Caldwell 2011 Valid Type species is Plesioplatecarpus planifrons originally described in genus Clidastes and later recombined in Platecarpus Plesiotylosaurus Camp 1942 Valid Plioplatecarpus Dollo 1882 Valid USAPlotosaurus Camp 1951 Valid USAPluridens Lingham Sollar 1998 Valid NigerPontosaurus Kornhuber 1873 Valid Croatia Lebanon Potentially a non mosasaurid mosasauroid though has an uncertain phylogenetic placement Portunatasaurus Campbell Mekarski Japundzic Krizmanic Caldwell 2019 Valid Croatia Non mosasaurid mosasauroid Proaigialosaurus Kuhn 1958 Valid Non mosasaurid mosasauroid classified within the Aigialosauridae Prognathodon Dollo 1889 Valid Belgium USA Saudi Arabia Spain Israel Angola Italy New Zealand DRC Russia Canada Poland France Germany Netherlands Syria Jordan Possibly paraphyletic Prognathosaurus Dollo 1889 Jr synonym Junior synonym of Prognathodon Pterycollosaurus Dollo 1882 Jr synonym Junior synonym of Mosasaurus Rhamphosaurus Cope 1872 Preoccupied Preoccupied by another lizard referred to Tylosaurus Rhinosaurus Marsh 1872 Preoccupied Preoccupied 10 referred to Tylosaurus Rikisaurus 11 Wiffen 1990 Jr synonym New Zealand Junior synonym of Moanasaurus Rikkisaurus Bell Caldwell Holmes Wiffen McKee 1999 Lapsus calami Lapsus calami of Rikisaurus Romeosaurus 12 Palci Caldwell Papzzoni 2013 Valid ItalyRussellosaurus 13 Polson Bell 2005 Valid USASaurochampsa Wagler 1830 Jr synonym Junior synonym of Mosasaurus Selmasaurus 14 Wright Shannon 1988 Valid USASironectes Cope 1840 Jr synonym Junior synonym of Platecarpus Taniwhasaurus Hector 1874 Valid Antarctica New Zealand JapanTethysaurus 15 Bardet Superbiola Jalil 2003 Valid MoroccoThalassotitan Longrichet al 2022 Valid MoroccoTylosaurus Marsh 1872 Valid USA Canada Spain Jordan Mexico Sweden New ZealandVallecillosaurus 16 Smith Buchy 2008 Valid Mexico More basal than the Mosasauridae its position within Squamata is uncertain Xenodens Longrichet al 2021 Valid MoroccoYaguarasaurus Paramo 1994 Valid Colombia Aigialosaurus Clidastes Globidens Goronyosaurus Hainosaurus Halisaurus Harranasaurus Latoplatecarpus Mosasaurus Platecarpus Plesioplatecarpus Plioplatecarpus Plotosaurus Prognathodon Selmasaurus Taniwhasaurus Tylosaurus Vallecillosaurus See also EditPortals Reptiles Cretaceous Mesozoic Paleontology Mosasaur Platynota AigialosaurNotes Edit Redescription of Acteosaurus tommasinii von Meyer 1860 and a discussion of evolutionary trends within the clade Ophidiomorpha 2010 Stenocercus at Herpbreeder com Archived April 29 2007 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 12 03 2007 Leblanc A R H Caldwell M W Bardet N 2012 A new mosasaurine from the Maastrichtian Upper Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco and its implications for mosasaurine systematics Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 1 82 104 doi 10 1080 02724634 2012 624145 S2CID 130559113 Catherine R C Strong Michael W Caldwell Takuya Konishi Alessandro Palci 2020 A new species of longirostrine plioplatecarpine mosasaur Squamata Mosasauridae from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco with a re evaluation of the problematic taxon Platecarpus ptychodon Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 18 21 1769 1804 doi 10 1080 14772019 2020 1818322 Lively J R 2020 Redescription and phylogenetic assessment of Prognathodon stadtmani implications for Globidensini monophyly and character homology in Mosasaurinae Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 40 3 e1784183 doi 10 1080 02724634 2020 1784183 Kaddumi Hani F 2009 A new durophagous mosasaur Squamata Mosasauridae from the Maastrichtian Muwaqqar Chalk Marl Formation of the Harrana Fauna Fossils of the Harrana Fauna and the Adjacent Areas Amman Eternal River Museum of Natural History pp 36 48 OCLC 709582892 Sauropterygia at Paleofile com Retrieved 12 03 2007 a b Konishi T Caldwell M W 2011 Two new plioplatecarpine Squamata Mosasauridae genera from the Upper Cretaceous of North America and a global phylogenetic analysis of plioplatecarpines Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 4 754 783 doi 10 1080 02724634 2011 579023 S2CID 85972311 Cuthbertson R S Mallon J C Campione N E Holmes R B 2007 A new species of mosasaur Squamata Mosasauridae from the Pierre Shale lower Campanian of Manitoba Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 44 5 593 606 Bibcode 2007CaJES 44 593C doi 10 1139 e07 006 Edward Drinker Cope On the structure of the Pythonomorpha 1872 Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 24 140 141 Wiffen J 1990 New mosasaurs Reptilia family Mosasauridae from the Upper Cretaceous of North Island New Zealand New Zealand journal of geology and geophysics 33 67 85 Alessandro Palci Michael W Caldwell and Cesare A Papazzoni 2013 A new genus and subfamily of mosasaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of northern Italy Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 3 599 612 doi 10 1080 02724634 2013 731024 S2CID 86646993 Polcyn M J amp Bell Jr G L 2005 Russellosaurus coheni n gen n sp a 92 million year old mosasaur from Texas USA and the definition of the parafamily Russellosaurina Netherlands Journal of Geosciences Vol 84 3 Wright K R amp Shannon S W 1988 Selmasaurus russelli a new plioplatecarpine mosasaur Squamata Mosasauridae from Alabama Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology Vol 8 1 pp 102 107 Bardet N X Pereda Suberbiola and N E Jalil 2003 A new mosasauroid Squamata from the Late Cretaceous Turonian of Morocco Comptes Rendus de l Academie des Sciences Palevol 2 607 616 Smith K T and Buchy M C 2008 A new aigialosaur Squamata Anguimorpha with soft tissue remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Nuevo Leon Mexico Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 1 85 94 References Edit Pythonomorpha at Mikko s Phylogeny Archive Retrieved 12 03 2007 Mosasauridae Translation and Pronunciation Guide at Dinosauria com Retrieved 12 03 2007 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of mosasaur genera amp oldid 1129787363, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
