Liodon

Taxobox
name = "Liodon"
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Scleroglossa
familia = Mosasauridae
subfamilia = Mosasaurinae
genus = "Liodon"
genus_authority=Agassiz, 1846
subdivision_ranks=Species
subdivision="L. anceps" Owen, 1841 (Type)
"L. sectorius" Cope, 1871
"L. compressidens" Gaudey, 1892
"L. mosasauroides" Gaudey, 1892

"Liodon" is a genus of mosasaur from the Late Cretaceous. Remains assigned to this genus have been found in Africa, Asia, Europe, America and South America, and New Zealand. It was first named by Richard Owen as "Leiodon", but that name was already in use for a shark, necessitating the name change.Benjamin Creisler. [http://www.dinosauria.com/dml/names/mosa.html Mosasauridae Translation and Pronunciation Guide] . Dinosauria.com. Retrieved 2008-04-07.]

ources

* "Fossils" (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 233)