Phylum Chordata Rank Genus | Suborder Scleroglossa Subfamily Mosasaurinae Higher classification Mosasaurinae Order Scaled reptiles | |
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Similar Mosasaur, Carinodens, Reptile, Plioplatecarpus, Mosasaurinae | ||
Liodon is a genus of mosasaur from the Late Cretaceous. Remains assigned to this genus have been found in Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America, and New Zealand. It was first named by Richard Owen as Leiodon, but that name was already in use for a fish, necessitating the name change.
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