Stelladens Explained

Stelladens is an extinct genus of mosasaurine. Fossils of Stelladens have been recovered from the Late Cretaceous Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco. The genus contains a single species, S. mysteriosus. It was a medium-sized mosasaur, measuring about 5m (16feet) long.[1] [2] __TOC__

Discovery and naming

The holotype is MHNM.KHG.1436, a partial left dentary and two associated teeth, and it was discovered in Sidi Chennane, Morocco. It was named and described as Stelladens mysteriosus by Longrich et al. (2023).

Notes and References

  1. Longrich . Nicholas R. . Jalil . Nour-Eddine . Pereda-Suberbiola . Xabier . Bardet . Nathalie . 2023 . Stelladens mysteriosus: A Strange New Mosasaurid (Squamata) from the Maastrichtian (Late Cretaceous) of Morocco . Fossils . en . 1 . 1 . 2–14 . 10.3390/fossils1010002 . 2813-6284 . free . 10810/64193 . free .
  2. Web site: Star-shaped teeth lead to discovery of new mosasaur species in Morocco . New Atlas . 23 July 2023 . 18 May 2023.

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