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Carinodens is an
extinct genus of
Cretaceous marine lizard belonging to the
mosasaur family. "
Carinodens"
means "keel teeth" and was
named in 1969 as a...
- Maastrichtian. They
ranged in size from some of the
smallest known mosasaurs (
Carinodens, 3–3.5 meters), to medium-sized taxa (Clidastes, 6+ meters), to the largest...
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within that, the
Tribe Globidensini,
which also
includes the
genus Carinodens.
Carinodens is thus
regarded as a
sister taxon of Globidens.
Placement of Globidens...
- such as Halisaurus, Plioplatecarpus, and Platecarpus; the s****-crusher
Carinodens; and
larger mosasaurs of
similar trophic levels including Tylosaurus bernardi...
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Opetiosaurus Aigialosaurus Portunatasaurus Mosasauridae Kaganaias Mosasaurinae Carinodens Clidastes Dallasaurus Globidens Kaikaifilu Mosasaurus Plotosaurus Prognathodon...
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Carinodens Xenodens...
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genus by far),
Carinodens, Igdamanosaurus,
Harranasaurus and Xenodens.
Features of the
maxilla and
digits make the
placement of
Carinodens and Xenodens...
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Carinodens Xenodens...
- Morocco. Its
closest known relative is
believed to be the
durophagous Carinodens.
Estimated to have
measured around 1
meter (3.3 ft) in length, both the...
- of the
Maastrichtian Taxa
Presence Location Description Images †
Carinodens †
Carinodens belgicus Netherlands A
mosasaurine mosasaur measuring approximately...
