Kourisodon
| Kourisodon Temporal range: Late Santonian
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| Genus: | Kourisodon Nicholls and Meckert, 2002
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K. puntledgensis Nicholls and Meckert, 2002 (type) | |
Kourisodon is an extinct genus of mosasaur. Fossils have been found from Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, dating back to the late Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous.[1]
References
- ^ Nicholls, E. L. and Meckert, D. (2002). Marine reptiles from the Nanaimo Group (Upper Cretaceous) of Vancouver Island. Canadian Journal of Earth Science 39(11):1591-1603.
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External links
- Kourisodon in the Paleobiology Database
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