Stelladens

Stelladens
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian
Holotype teeth
Holotype dentary
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sauropsida
Order:
Squamata
Family:
†Mosasauridae
Subfamily:
†Mosasaurinae
Genus:
†Stelladens

Longrich et al., 2023
Type species
†Stelladens mysteriosus
Longrich et al., 2023

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 5 metres (16 ft) long.[1][2]

  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. 1 (1): 2–14. doi:10.3390/fossils1010002. hdl:10810/64193. ISSN 2813-6284.
  2. ^ "Star-shaped teeth lead to discovery of new mosasaur species in Morocco". New Atlas. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.