Igdamanosaurus

Igdamanosaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Tooth
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Squamata
Family: Mosasauridae
Subfamily: Plioplatecarpinae
Genus: Igdamanosaurus
Lingham-Soliar, 1991
Species: I. aegyptiacus
Binomial name
Igdamanosaurus aegyptiacus
(Zdansky, 1935)
Synonyms

Globidens aegyptiacus Zdansky, 1935

Igdamanosaurus aegyptiacus is a plioplatecarpine mosasaur from the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous of Africa. It has blunt, rounded teeth similar to those of the mosasaurine Globidens, and were better suited for crushing armored prey like molluscs and turtles, rather than fish or other reptiles normally preyed on by other mosasaurs.

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