Prognathodon

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Prognathodon
Fossil range: Late Cretaceous

Prognathodon solvayi

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scleroglossa
Family:	Mosasauridae
Subfamily:	Mosasaurinae
Tribe:	Globidensini
Genus:	Prognathodon

Species

P. giganteus
P. overtoni
P. rapax
P. saturator
P. solvayi
P. stadtmani
P. waiparaensis
?P. curri

Prognathodon ('forejaw tooth') is an extinct genus of marine lizard belonging to the mosasaur family. It had protective bony rings surrounding its eyesockets, indicating it lived in deep water.