#prognathodon

here's this week's #Paleostream flocking results!

this week we drew Epidexipteryx (mine is a juvenile being chased by a Pterorhynchus), Witwatia, Ceratosuchus (the bird behind it is Diatryma), and Prognathodon (mine has caught a young Archelon)

Flocking Together

Epidexipteryx/Witwatia

A yawning Prognathodon overtoni for friends's birthday

Prognathodon is a successful genus of large mosasaurs whose taxonomy is undergoing revision. Some species were separated into separate genera (as was the case with P. stadtmani, which was separated into the genus Gnathomortis). Others were previously separated into separate genera but were later placed in the genus Prognathodon. This is the case with P. overtoni. This species, known from nearly complete and articulated specimens, was placed in the genus Brachysaurana but was later considered a species of Prognathodon. It is distinguished by teeth that do not angle forward and have smooth enamel. Its remains have been found in Campanian rocks of Canada and the United States. Other species are known from Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and New Zealand. Prognathodon were apex predators that hunted a wide variety of animals.

(The bracket color names are just for thematic organization and are NOT representative of the candidates!)

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Prognathodon solvayi