Name:
Amphekepubis.
Phonetic: Am-fee-kee-peu-bis.
Named By: M. G. Mehl - 1930.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Squamata,
Mosasauridae.
Species: A. johnsoni (type).
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Uncertain due to incomplete remains.
Known locations: Mexico - San Felipe formation.
Time period: Coniacian to Santonian of the
Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial post cranial
remains, including caudal (tail) vertebrae and partial pelvic
remains.
Although discovered in mainland Mexico, it needs to be remembered that back in the late Cretaceous this area was actually underwater. The problem with Amphekepubis is that it has been described upon very incomplete remains, leading to speculation that Amphekepubis may actually be another mosasaur (Possibly Mosasaurus). Additionally there is further speculation that Amphekepubis may actually come from a later period in the Cretaceous.
Further reading
- A new genus of mosasaurs from Mexico, and notes on the pelvic girdle
of Platecarpus. Denison University Bulletin, Journal of the Scientific
Laboratories 29(10):383-400. - M. G. Mehl - 1930.