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Kourisodon, the Glossary

Kourisodon (from the Greek κουρίς kourís + ὀδών odon, "razor tooth") is an extinct genus of mosasaur.^[1]

21 relations: Ancient Greek, British Columbia, Campanian, Canada, Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre, Elasmosauridae, Fossil, Japan, Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian, Mosasaur, Pacific Ocean, Paleobiology Database, Pender Formation, Polycotylidae, Puntledge River, Santonian, Shikoku, Species, Type species, Vancouver Island.
Mosasaurids
Mosasaurs of North America
Taxa named by Elizabeth Nicholls

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνῐκή) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.

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Campanian

The Campanian is the fifth of six ages of the Late Cretaceous Epoch on the geologic timescale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS).

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre

The Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre, formerly known as the Morden and District Museum, is a fossil museum located in Morden, Manitoba, in the lower level of the Access Events Centre.

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Elasmosauridae

Elasmosauridae is an extinct family of plesiosaurs, often called elasmosaurs.

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Fossil

A fossil (from Classical Latin) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Late Cretaceous

The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale.

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The Maastrichtian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) geologic timescale, the latest age (uppermost stage) of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or Upper Cretaceous Series, the Cretaceous Period or System, and of the Mesozoic Era or Erathem.

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Mosasaur

Mosasaurs (from Latin Mosa meaning the 'Meuse', and Greek σαύρος sauros meaning 'lizard') are an extinct group of large aquatic reptiles within the family Mosasauridae that lived during the Late Cretaceous.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.

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Paleobiology Database

The Paleobiology Database is an online resource for information on the distribution and classification of fossil animals, plants, and microorganisms.

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Pender Formation

The Pender Formation is a geologic formation in British Columbia.

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Polycotylidae

Polycotylidae is a family of plesiosaurs from the Cretaceous, a sister group to Leptocleididae.

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Puntledge River

The Puntledge River is a small river on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

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Santonian

The Santonian is an age in the geologic timescale or a chronostratigraphic stage.

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Shikoku

, is the smallest of the four main islands of Japan.

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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Type species

In zoological nomenclature, a type species (species typica) is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen (or specimens).

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Vancouver Island

Vancouver Island is an island in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and part of the Canadian province of British Columbia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kourisodon

Also known as Kourisodon puntledgensis.