Phosphorosaurus ponpetelegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mosasauroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha unranked: Pythonomorpha Superfamilia: †Mosasauroidea

Phosphorosaurus ponpetelegans Konishi et al., 2015

Type locality: "East side of the Pankerusano-sawa Creek, approximately 5 km east of Hobetsu and 2 km west of Tomiuchi, Hokkaido, northern Japan".

Holotype: HMG-1528

Etymology: (Ainu) ponpet = creek; also the origin of the toponym Hobetsu [Konishi et al., 2016: 812]

Konishi, T., Caldwell, M.W., Nishima, T., Sakurai, K. & Tanoue, K. 2016 [2015]. A new halisaurine mosasaur (Squamata: Halisaurinae) from Japan: the first record in the western Pacific realm and the first documented insights into binocular vision in mosasaurs. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 14(10): 809–839. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2015.1113447 ResearchGate Reference page.