Carinodens
Sign in to saveCarinodens is an extinct genus of Cretaceous marine lizard belonging to the mosasaur family. "Carinodens" means "keel teeth" and was named in 1969 as a replacement name for Compressidens, "compressed teeth", which was already in use for a gadilidan scaphopod mollusk.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Carinodens is referenced by 76 other articles, and connects out to Globidens, Plioplatecarpinae and Reptilia.
It sits within the topics Fossil taxa described in 1969, Mosasaurines and Mosasaurs of Asia.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Globidensini
- Image
- Carinodens fraasi.jpg
- Length
- 3.5
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- taxon name
- Carinodens
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Carinodens
- start time
- 70600000-0
- end time
- 66000000-0
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
- Dentition
- Diet
- Classification
- References
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 replacement name for Compressidens, "compressed teeth", which was already in use for a gadilidan scaphopod mollusk.
Carinodens is widely considered a sister taxon to Globidens classified within the tribe Globidensini. Like its close relative, Carinodens also possesses distinctive round, blunt teeth for crushing primitive clams and oysters. Most of the cranial elements known from the genus have been recovered from deposits in the Netherlands and Belgium, with the only known postcranial material being known from deposits of latest Maastrichtian age in Jordan. Other materials have been discovered in Europe, North America, South America and North Africa.
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