Genus: Prognathodon DOLLO, 1889
Etymology:
Species: kianda SCHULP, POLCYN, MATEUS, JACOBS & MORAIS, 2008
Etymology: Named after Kianda (named used in apposition), an Angolan
mythological deity who rules the ocean and its fish. In one tale, Kianda ppears
in a form of a skull.
= Prognathodon Nova SCHULP, MATEUS, POLCYN & JACOBS, 2006
= Prognathodon sp SCHULP, POLCYN, MATEUS, JACOBS, MORAIS & da SILVA TAVARES, 2006
Referred material:
POLCYN, SCHULP & GONCALVES, 2023
Locality: Bentaba, Angolia.
Horizon: 1 meter above "Bench 19" of Straganac et al, (2015)
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Middle Maastrichtian Stage, uppermost Senonian subepoch, Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material:
MGUAN PA 183: Skull and fragmentary skeleton.
Note: With stomach contents of Prognathodon kinada (MGUAN PA183C), Gavialimimus sp (MGUAN PA183b) and Bentiabasaurus jacobsi (MGUAN P183D).
MGUAN PA183C: Fragmentary premaxill and maxillae.
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