Prognathodon (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the Maastrichtian chalk of Denmark

Tom Giltaij; Jesper Milàn; John W.M. Jagt; Anne S. Schulp

doi:10.37570/bgsd-2021-69-03

Prognathodon (Squamata, Mosasauridae) from the Maastrichtian chalk of Denmark

Tom Giltaij, Jesper Milàn, John W.M. Jagt, Anne S. Schulp

Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht

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Abstract

Two mosasaur tooth crowns collected from the Maastrichtian chalk sequences of Stevns Klint and Møns Klint are here assigned to Prognathodon, a mosasaur genus hitherto unknown from Denmark. Together with previous records of the mosasaurs Plioplatecarpus, Mosasaurus and Carinodens, these new finds of Prognathodon document the coexistence of four mosasaurid genera in the Danish chalk and underscore similarities to coeval assemblages from the Maastrichtian type area in the Netherlands and Belgium.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	53-58
Number of pages	6
Journal	Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark
Volume	69
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.37570/bgsd-2021-69-03
Publication status	Published - 31 May 2021

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Keywords

Comparisons
Faunal compositions
Marine reptiles
Northern Europe
Upper Cretaceous

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