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Ectenosaurus

Ectenosaurus is an extinct genus of marine lizard belonging to the mosasaur family. It is classified as part of the Plioplatecarpinae subfamily alongside genera like Angolasaurus and Platecarpus. Ectenosaurus is known from the Santonian and Campanian of Kansas, Alabama, and Texas.

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Ectenosaurus

Nodes35
Edges34
Triples49
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
Components1

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Ectenosaurus

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related to history · 28
Ectenosaurus → American Mosasaurs, Bayerische Staatssammlung, Charles Hazelius Sternberg, Clidastes, Dale, FHSM VP-401, Fort Hays State University, Georg Bauer, George Fryer Sternberg, GFS, In, It, John Campbell Merriam, Kansas, Logan County, Morphology, Munich, Paläontologie, Platecarpus, Russell
related to Description · 8
Ectenosaurus → Dale Allan Russell, He, It, Platecarpus, Plotosaurus, Pluridens, The, With
related to Classification · 6
Ectenosaurus → Platecarpus, Plioplatecarpinae, Prognathodon, Simões, Some, The
related to Scales and locomotion · 5
Ectenosaurus → FHSM VP-401, LACM, Platecarpus, The, This
is a · 1
Ectenosaurus → extinct genus of marine lizard belonging to the mosasaur family
related to Palaeoecology · 1
Ectenosaurus → Stable

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platecarpus clidastoides specimen mosasaur species genus also kansas fhsm marine elongated merriam 1894 kiernan ebersole 2023 lizard scales discovery willman

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Ectenosaurusis aextinct genus of marine lizard belonging to the mosasaur family0.90text
Ectenosaurusrelated to ClassificationPlatecarpus0.60section
Ectenosaurusrelated to ClassificationSome0.60section
Ectenosaurusrelated to ClassificationPrognathodon0.60section
Ectenosaurusrelated to ClassificationThe0.60section
Ectenosaurusrelated to ClassificationSimões0.60section
Ectenosaurusrelated to ClassificationPlioplatecarpinae0.60section
Ectenosaurusrelated to DescriptionWith0.60section
Ectenosaurusrelated to DescriptionIt0.60section
Ectenosaurusrelated to DescriptionThe0.60section
Ectenosaurusrelated to DescriptionPlotosaurus0.60section
Ectenosaurusrelated to DescriptionPluridens0.60section

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