Prognathodon

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Prognathodon
Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Lacertilia
Family: Mosasauridae
Subfamily: Mosasaurinae
Tribe: Globidensini
Genus: Prognathodon
Species
  • P. overtoni
  • P. giganteus
  • P. rapax
  • P. waiparaensis
  • P. stadtmani
  • P. solvayi
  •  ?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.