Prognathodon
Species
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*'''''Prognathodon solvayi''''' Dollo, 1889 — [[Maastrichtian]], Belgium and Spain,{{Cite web |title=Fossilworks: Prognathodon solvayi |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=292135 |access-date=17 December 2021 |website=fossilworks.org}} tentatively from the United States ([[North Carolina]]). |
*'''''Prognathodon solvayi''''' Dollo, 1889 — [[Maastrichtian]], Belgium and Spain,{{Cite web |title=Fossilworks: Prognathodon solvayi |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=292135 |access-date=17 December 2021 |website=fossilworks.org}} tentatively from the United States ([[North Carolina]]). |
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:''P. solvayi'' is the [[type species]] of ''Prognathodon'' and also the smallest known species at barely 5 meters in length. ''P. solvayi'' differs from all other members of the genus in several prominent aspects which is unusual for a type species. The most notable difference is perhaps in the teeth, which are gently facetted and labio-lingually compressed. |
:''P. solvayi'' is the [[type species]] of ''Prognathodon'' and also the smallest known species at barely 5 meters in length. ''P. solvayi'' differs from all other members of the genus in several prominent aspects which is unusual for a type species. The most notable difference is perhaps in the teeth, which are gently facetted and labio-lingually compressed. |
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*'''''Prognathodon currii''''' Christiansen and Bonde, 2002 — Late [[Campanian]], |
*'''''Prognathodon currii''''' Christiansen and Bonde, 2002 — Late [[Campanian]], Israel. |
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:''P. currii'' is one of the largest, if not the largest, species of ''Prognathodon'' and is known from a single massive skull. The skull bears resemblance to ''Prognathodon'', in particular to the type species ''P. solvayi'', but differs from all known mosasaurs in having a frontal distinctly wider than it is long. Though originally informally named as part of its own genus, "''Oronosaurus''", multiple phylogenetic analyses found it to be firmly placed within ''Prognathodon''.{{Cite journal|last1=Christiansen|first1=Per|last2=Bonde|first2=Niels|date=2002|title=A New Species of Gigantic Mosasaur from the Late Cretaceous of Israel|jstor=4524254|journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology|volume=22|issue=3|pages=629–644|doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0629:ansogm]2.0.co;2|s2cid=86139978 }} |
:''P. currii'' is one of the largest, if not the largest, species of ''Prognathodon'' and is known from a single massive skull. The skull bears resemblance to ''Prognathodon'', in particular to the type species ''P. solvayi'', but differs from all known mosasaurs in having a frontal distinctly wider than it is long. Though originally informally named as part of its own genus, "''Oronosaurus''", multiple phylogenetic analyses found it to be firmly placed within ''Prognathodon''.{{Cite journal|last1=Christiansen|first1=Per|last2=Bonde|first2=Niels|date=2002|title=A New Species of Gigantic Mosasaur from the Late Cretaceous of Israel|jstor=4524254|journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology|volume=22|issue=3|pages=629–644|doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0629:ansogm]2.0.co;2|s2cid=86139978 }} |
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*'''''Prognathodon giganteus''''' Dollo, 1904 — [[Maastrichtian]], Belgium, Jordan and Syria.{{Cite web|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=264466|title=Fossilworks: Prognathodon giganteus|website=fossilworks.org|access-date=17 December 2021}} |
*'''''Prognathodon giganteus''''' Dollo, 1904 — [[Maastrichtian]], Belgium, Jordan and Syria.{{Cite web|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=264466|title=Fossilworks: Prognathodon giganteus|website=fossilworks.org|access-date=17 December 2021}} |
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