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Mosasaurinae

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Konishi, Takuya; Ohara, Masaaki; Misaki, Akihiro; Matsuoka, Hiroshige; Street, Hallie P.; Caldwell, Michael W. (2023). "A new derived mosasaurine (Squamata: Mosasaurinae) from south-western Japan reveals unexpected postcranial diversity among hydropedal mosasaurs".
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Kiernan, C. R. (2002). "Stratigraphic distribution and habitat segregation of mosasaurs in the Upper Cretaceous of western and central Alabama, with an historical review of Alabama mosasaur discoveries".
697:. Cranial nerves X, XI, and XII leave lateral wall of opisthotic through two foramina. No canal or groove in floor of basioccipital or basisphenoid for basilar artery. Suprastapedial process of 1989:
Caldwell, Michael; Konishi, Takuya (2007). "Taxonomic re-assignment of the first-known mosasaur specimen from Japan, and a discussion of circum-pacific mosasaur paleobiogeography".
768:), is also used on occasion. "Clidastini" or the adjective "clidastine" is also used sometimes, but generally refers to an adaptive grade close to and containing the genus 2849: 1966:
Bell, G. L. Jr., 1997. A phylogenetic revision of North American and Adriatic Mosasauroidea. pp. 293–332 In Callaway J. M. and E. L Nicholls, (eds.),
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distally expanded. Dorsal edge of surangular thin lamina of bone rising anteriorly to posterior surface of coronoid...At least 31, usually 42–45 presacral
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Kaddumi, Hani F. (2009). "A new durophagous mosasaur (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Maastrichtian Muwaqqar Chalk Marl Formation of the Harrana Fauna".
549:. Members of the subfamily are informally and collectively known as "mosasaurines" and their fossils have been recovered from every continent except for 1915:
Polcyn, Michael J.; Jacobs, Louis L.; AraΓΊjo, Ricardo; Schulp, Anne S.; Mateus, OctΓ‘vio (2014-04-15). "Physical drivers of mosasaur evolution".
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Nicholas R. Longrich; Nour-Eddine Jalil; Fatima Khaldoune; Oussama Khadiri Yazami; Xabier Pereda-Suberbiola; Nathalie Bardet (2022).
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Gervais, P. 1853. Observations relatives aux reptiles fossiles de France. Acad. Sci. Paris Compt. Rendus 36:374–377, 470–474.
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Russell (1967, pp. 123–124) defined the Mosasaurinae as differing from all other mosasaurs as follows: "Small
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vertebrae elongated to form distinct fin. Appendicular elements with smoothly finished articular surfaces,
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DeBraga, Michael; Carroll, Robert L. (1993), Hecht, Max K.; MacIntyre, Ross J.; Clegg, Michael T. (eds.),
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Williston, S. W. (1897). "Range and distribution of the mosasaurs with remarks on synonymy".
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present. Length of presacral series exceeds that of postsacral, neural spines of posterior
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The subfamily is generally recognised as containing two subdivisions, the tribes
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of the Mosasauroidea, Bell (pp. 293–332) retained the Mosasaurinae as a
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Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale University)
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grown into the most diverse and species-rich mosasaur subfamily.
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Though represented by relatively small forms throughout the
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Fossils of the Harrana Fauna and the Adjacent Areas
1947:"Systematics and Morphology of American Mosasaurs" 634:The etymology of the group derives from the genus 1917:Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 594:and other marine reptiles, but one lineage, the 752:and its closest relatives). A third tribe, the 584:, 6+ meters), to the largest of the mosasaurs ( 2138: 1797:, Boston, MA: Springer US, pp. 245–322, 8: 2850:List of mosasaur-bearing stratigraphic units 717:well ossified." In his 1997 revision of the 785:of the Mosasaurinae modified from Longrich 2875: 2520: 2486: 2428: 2272: 2145: 2131: 2123: 107: 20: 689:teeth. Fourteen or more teeth present in 1781: 1945:Russell, Dale. A. (6 November 1967). 1940: 1938: 623:, the lineage diversified during the 7: 1834:Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1682: 1581: 1502: 1495: 1470: 1445: 1377: 1370: 1363: 1356: 1305: 1298: 1216: 1119: 1094: 1087: 1062: 1055: 1031: 967: 874: 867: 857: 850: 826: 802: 792: 762:and its closest relatives, such as 2083:Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1991:Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14: 574:, 3–3.5 meters), to medium-sized 556:The lineage first appears in the 2861: 2860: 2402: 674:mounted as if pursuing a fossil 131: 774:, rather than an actual clade. 742:and its closest relatives) and 685:present or absent anterior to 1: 2840:Timeline of mosasaur research 2048:10.1016/j.cretres.2022.105315 1846:10.1080/14772019.2023.2277921 1929:10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.05.018 2112:Kansas University Quarterly 1891:"Fossilworks: Mosasaurinae" 1803:10.1007/978-1-4615-2878-4_7 122:, Minnesota Science Museum 2992: 2971:Turonian first appearances 1660:"Magahouanga mosasaurine" 541:, a diverse group of Late 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Mosasaurus conodon
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
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Mosasauria
Mosasauridae
Mosasaurinae
Gervais
Type species
Mosasaurus hoffmannii
Mantell

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