Genus: Prognathodon DOLLO, 1889
Species: saturator DORTANGS, SCHULP, MULDER, JAGT, PEETERS & GRAAF,
2002
Etymology: Latin, saturator, ‘he who gives satisfacation’; both
to Maastrichtian sharks as well as recent palaeontologists).
Holotype: NHM 1998141
Locality: ENCI-Maastricht B.V. quarry, 54°49’N, 5°41’E, 3 km S of Maastricht, Limburg Province, The Netherlands.
Horizon: Lanaye Member, Gulpen Formation.
Biostratigraphy: Belemnitella junior Cephalopod zone.
Age: Maastrichtian Age, Upper Senonian Subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: Near-complete skull, articulated cervical and anterior dorsal vertebrae
with cervical and dorsal ribs, isolated pygal and caudal vertebrae, scapula-coracoid
and scattered elements of appendicular skeleton.
Note: Some ribs have bite marks from sharks (ROTHSCHILDS, MARTIN & SCHULP,
2005)