The first North American record of <i>Carinodens belgicus</i> (Squamata, Mosasauridae) and correlation with the youngest <i>in situ</i> examples from the Maastrichtian type area: palaeoecological implications
Journal: Netherlands Journal of Geosciences – Geologie en Mijnbouw
Year: 2013

Abstract Four recently collected tooth crowns of the rare latest Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian) durophagous mosasaur Carinodens belgicus are discussed; the first record from the Atlantic coast of North America (Maryland), and three additional in situ examples from the Maastrichtian type area in the southeast Netherlands and northeast Belgium. Also presented are an updated overview of the material recorded to date, and a discussion of the palaeobiogeographical and palaeoenvironmental distributio