Genus: Prognathodon DOLLO, 1889
Etymology:
= Dollosaurus IAKOVLEV, 1901
Etymology:
= Prognathosaurus DOLLO, 1889b
Note: DOLLO named Prognathosaurus to replace Prognathodon because
he thought
it was preoccupied by Prognathodus Edgerton, which is not the case.
Etymology:
= Tenerasaurus KADDUMI, 2009
Etymology: Latin, tenera, "young" and Greek, sauros, "lizard."
Note: DOLLO named Prognathosaurus to replace Prognathodon because he thought it was preoccupied by Prognathodus Edgerton, which is not the case.
Species: platyodon (SAUVAGE, 1873) emend BUFFETAUT & BARDET, 2010, 2012 (nomen dubium)
Note: the authors place this species into Prognathodon sp, since the species name is valid it is hear placed in the genus Prognathodon as a nomen dubium)
Etymology:
= Mosasaurus platyodon SAUVAGE, 1873 (nomen dubium)
Holotype: FSL 532948
Locality: La Bonneville, Normandy, France.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy: Baculites Limestone.
Age: Maastrichtian Stage, Uppermost Senonian Subepoch, Uppermost Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: A tooth crown from teh median part of the jaw.
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Species: solvayi DOLLO, 1889
Etymology:
= Prognathosaurus solvayi (DOLLO,
1889) DOLLO, 1889
Holotype: IRSNB R33
Locality: Mesvin, Solvay quarry, Belgium.
Horizon: Ciply Phosphatic Chalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Maastrichtian Stage, uppermost Senonian subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: Nearly complete skull and Incomplete skeleton comprising thoracic dorsal and caudal vertebrae, ribs, right and left fragments of scapula and coracoid.
Referred material:
IRSNB R107: Fragments of skull and dentaries.
Locality: Spiennes, Houzeau Quarry, Belgium.Horizon: Ciply Phosphatic Chalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Maastrichtian Stage, uppermost Senonian subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material:
IRSNB R108: Jaw and skull fragments, some ribs, vertebrae.
BARDET, CORRAL & PEREDA SUBERBIOLA, 1999
Locality: Disused sand quarry near the village of Lano, Lano quarry, Trevino County, about 20 km SE of the City of Vitoria, Basque-Cantabric Basin, Basque Province, Iberian Peninsula, Spain.
Horizon: Sobrepena Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Uppermost Campanian-Lowermost Maastrichtian Stage, Upper Senonian subepoch, Upper Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material:
MCNA 6449: Tooth.
BARDET, MARTIN, CORRAL, PEREDA SUBERBIOLA, & ASTIBIA, 2013
LU-GMS/LAN001: A marginal tooth probably from the median part of the jaws.
LU-GMS/LAN005: A marginal tooth form teh median part of the jaws.
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Species: compressidens (GAUDRY, 1892)
SCHULP, POLCYN, MATEUS, JACOBS & MORALS,
2008
=
Liodon compressidens GAUDRY, 1892
Etymology:
Holotype: MNHN AC 1875-575
Locality: Michery, Bourgogne Region, Yonne Department, France.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy: Belemnitella quadrata zone.
Age: Early Campanian, Upper Senonian Subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: Fragmentary skull.
Referred material:
BARDET, 2012
Locality: Mortagne-sur-Gironde, Poitou-Charentes region, France.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Early Campanian, Upper Senonian Subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material:
MNHN 1886-5: Poorly preseved jaw fragment with teeth.
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Species: mosasauroides (GAUDEY, 1892) SCHULP, POLCYN, MATEUS, JACOBS & MORALS,
2008
= Leiodon mosasauroides GAUDEY, 1892
Etymology:
Holotype: MNHN 1891-14
Locality: In the region of Cardesse near Oloron, Pyrenean Basin (Basses-Pyrenees), Pyrenees Atlantique Department, Southwest France.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Senonien Subepoch, or possibly Maastrichtian Stage, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: Fragmentary skull.
Referred material:
POMPECKJI, 1910, LINGHAM-SOLIAR, 1993, SACHS, 2000
= Mosasaurus cf. mosasauroides POMPECKJI, 1910
= Leiodon cf. L. mosasauroides SACHS, 2000Locality: Halden, Westfalen, North Rhine-Westphalia State, Germany.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Senonian Subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material:
GPIG 106-1: Fragmentary maxilla, paddle-elements, rib-fragments and vertebrae.
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Species: lutugini (IAKOVLEV, 1901)
LINGHAM-SOLIAR, & NOLF, 1989
Etymology:
= Dollosaurus lutugini IAKOVLEV, 1901
Holotype:
Locality: Donets River, Donetz Basin, Voroshilovgrad Region, Ukraine.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy: Belemnitella mucronata Zone.
Age: Upper Campanian Stage, Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: Partial skull and skeleton.
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Species: giganteus DOLLO, 1904
Etymology:
= Mosasaurus giganteus (DOLLO, 1904)
= Prognathosaurus giganteus (DOLLO,
1904)
Holotype: IRSNB R106
Locality: Spiennes, Solvay Quarry, Belgium.
Horizon: Ciply Phosphatic Chalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Maastrichtian Stage, uppermost Senonian subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: Incompletely preserved skull and remains of postcranial material.
Referred material:
BARDET, CAPPETTA, PEREDA SUBERBIOLA, MOUTY, AL MALEH, AHMAD, KHRATA & GANNOUM, 2000
Locality: Bardeh mine, Palmyra area, Palmyrides China of Syria.
Horizon: Phosphatic deposit.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Maastrichtian Stage, uppermost Senonian subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material:
Number: Not given: Teeth.
BARDET, 2012
MNHN-KHN7: Tooth.
Locality: Khneifiss mine, Palmyra area, Palmyrides China of Syria.
Horizon: Phosphatic deposit.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Maastrichtian Stage, uppermost Senonian subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material:
Number: Not given: Teeth.
BARDET & PEREDA SUBERBIOLA, 2002
Locality: Ruseifa Quarry, near Amman, Jordan.
Horizon: Phosphatic.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Cretaceous.
Material:
Uncatalogued: Teeth.
DOLLO
Locality: Near Zichen, Limburg Province, The Netherlands.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Lower – Upper Maastrichtian Stage, uppermost Senonian subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material:
Number: Not given: Teeth.
cf. giganteus LINGHAM-SOLIAR, 1994
Locality: Manzadi, Bas Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Formerly the Belgian Congo, Zaire).
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Maastrichtian Stage, uppermost Senonian subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material:
Number: Not given: 2 teeth, one with the top of the crown absent.
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Species: capensis (BROOM, 1912) emend WOOLEY, CHINSAMY & CALDWELL, 2022
= Tylosaurus capensis BROOM, 1912
= Taniwhansaurus capensis (BROOM, 1912) emend JIMENEZ-HUIDOBRO & CALDWELL, 2019
Note: Taniwhansaurus indet 2 (Tylosaurus capiensis) JIMENEZ-HUIDOBRO & CALDWELL, 2019
Etymology:
Holotype: SAM-PK5625
Locality: Southwest of the Mzamba River, Transkei (Pondoland), Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
Horizon: Chalk.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Cretaceous.
Material: Almost complete frontal, anterior portion of parietals and portions
of postorbitofrontals.
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Species: (?) donicus (PRAVOSLAVLEV,
1914) RUSSELL, 1967
= Mosasaurus donicus PRAVOSLAVLEV, 1914
Etymology:
Holotype:
Locality: Liska River Basin, Don Region, European Russia.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Campanian Stage, Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: Fragmentary remains.
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Species: saturator DORTANGS, SCHULP,
MULDER, JAGT, PEETERS & GRAAF, 2002
Etymology: Latin, saturator, "he who gives satisfacation"; both
to Maastrichtian sharks as well as recent palaeontologists).
Holotype: NHM 1998141
Locality: ENCI-Maastricht B.V. quarry, 54°49’N, 5°41’E, 3 km S of Maastricht, Limburg Province, The Netherlands.
Horizon: Lanaye Member, Gulpen Formation.
Biostratigraphy: Belemnitella junior Cephalopod zone.
Age: Maastrichtian Age, Upper Senonian Subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: Near-complete skull, articulated cervical and anterior dorsal vertebrae
with cervical and dorsal ribs, isolated pygal and caudal vertebrae, scapula-coracoid
and scattered elements of appendicular skeleton.
Note: Some ribs have bite marks from sharks (ROTHSCHILDS, MARTIN & SCHULP,
2005)
Referred material:
= Prognathodon cf. saturator SCHULP & JAGT, 2015
Locality: Northerastern corner of the ENCI-Heidelberg Cement Group Quarry, Limburg Province, south of Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Horizon: Lanaye Member, Gulpen Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Upper Maastrichtian Stage, uppermost Senonian subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material:
NHMM JJ 15128: Fragmentary left quadrate.
= Prognathodon cf. saturator MATEUS, POLCYN, JACOBS, ARAUJO, SCHULP, MARINHEIRO, PEREIRA & VINEYARD, 2011
Locality: "Bentiaba 2" locality, Namibe Province, Angolia.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Middle Maastrichtian Stage, Late Senonian Stage, Late Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material:
MGUAN-PA169: Fragmentary dentary including tooth crown.
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Species: currii CHRISTIANSEN & BONDE, 2002
Etymology: In honor of Philip J. Currie, Royal Tyrell Museum of Paleontology,
Drumheller, Alberta, Canada, for his fiftieth birthday (March, 1999)
Holotype: HUJ.OR 100
Locality: Phosphate mining in the Oron Mine, Negev Desert, southern Isreal.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Campanian Stage, Senonian Subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: Skull and 8 anterior cervical vertebrae.
Referred material:
BARDET, SUBERBIOLA, IAROCHENE, AMALIK & BOUYA, 2005
Locality: Ben Guerir area, Ganntour Basin, Morocco.
Horizon: Phosphatic deposits.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Maastrichtian Stage, uppermost Senonian subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material:
OCP.DEK/GE 349, 350: 2 median teeth.
Note: From LEvel C5.
OCP.DEK/GE uncatalogued: 5 teeth from different levels.
Note: 1 from level C6, 1 from level C4, 2 from level C3, and 1 from level C2.
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Species: kianda SCHULP, POLCYN, MATEUS, JACOBS & MORAIS, 2008
Etymology: Named after Kianda (named used in apposition), an Angolan
mythological deity who rules the ocean and its fish. In one tale, Kianda ppears
in a form of a skull.
= Prognathodon Nova SCHULP, MATEUS, POLCYN & JACOBS, 2006
= Prognathodon sp SCHULP, POLCYN, MATEUS, JACOBS, MORAIS & da SILVA TAVARES, 2006
Holotype: MGUAN PA 129 (old ML/MGUANO07)
Locality: Near the village of Bentiaba (Formerly Sao Nicolau), Namibe Province (Formerly Mocamedes), souhwestern Angola.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Middle Maastrichtian Stage, uppermost Senonian subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: Fragmentary skull.
Paratypes:
MGUAN PA 128 (old ML/MGUANO05), 149, 150, 151: Fragmentary skulls?
Referred material:
POLCYN, SCHULP & GONCALVES, 2023
Locality: Bentaba, Angolia.
Horizon: 1 meter above "Bench 19" of Straganac et al, (2015)
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Middle Maastrichtian Stage, uppermost Senonian subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material:
MGUAN PA 183: Skull and fragmentary skeleton.
Note: With stomach contents of Prognathodon kinada (MGUAN PA183C), Gavialimimus sp (MGUAN PA183b) and Bentiabasaurus jacobsi (MGUAN P183D).
MGUAN PA183C: Fragmentary premaxill and maxillae.
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Species: hudae KADDUMI, 2009
Etymology: In honor of the author's daughter "Huda" who never failed to recognize every new fossil he discovered.
Holotpe: ERMNH HFV 277
Locality: Harrana, Jordan.
Horizon: Muqaqqar Chalk Marl Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Maastrichtian Stage, uppermost Senonian subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: Almost complete left dentary with four teeth preserved (2, 4, 8, 10) and an incomplete right dentary with three teeth (2, 3, 8).
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Species: hashimi (KADDUMI, 2009) LINDGREN, KADDUMI, & POLCYN,
2013
= Tenerasaurus hashimi KADDUMI, 2009
Etymology:
Holotype: ERMNH HFV 197
Locality: Konservat-Lagerstatte of Harrana, Central Jordan.
Horizon:
Age: Latest Maastrichtian Stage, uppermost Senonian subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: Nearly complete skeleton, missing the skull and tip of tail.
Note: Has skin impressions on the flippers, and bukibed tail.