Liodon
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| Liodon Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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Liodon
Agassiz, 1846
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L. anceps Owen, 1841 (Type) |
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File:Liodon.jpg
Liodon mosasauroides jaw fragment, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris
Liodon is a genus of mosasaur from the Late Cretaceous. Remains assigned to this genus have been found in Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America, and New Zealand. It was first named by Richard Owen as Leiodon, but that name was already in use for a fish, necessitating the name change.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Benjamin Creisler. Mosasauridae Translation and Pronunciation Guide. Dinosauria.com. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 233)
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