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)
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Species: kianda SCHULP, POLCYN, MATEUS, JACOBS & MORAIS, 2008
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:
Squalicorax presodontus Number: not given: Tooth.
And tooth marks on a rib of Prognathodon kianda (MGUAN PA 183).
Cretalamna sp Number: not given: Tooth.
And tooth marks on a rib of Prognathodon kianda (MGUAN PA 183).