Aigialosaurus
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Aigialosaurus
| Aigialosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous |
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| Illustration of the A. dalmaticus holotype | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Scleroglossa |
| Superfamily: | Varanoidea |
| Family: | †Aigialosauridae |
| Genus: | Aigialosaurus Kramberger, 1892 |
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Opetiosaurus Kornhuber, 1901 |
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Aigialosaurus is an extinct genus of mosasauroid within the family Aigialosauridae. Its fossils have been found in Europe. It contains two species, Aigialosaurus dalmaticus and Aigialosaurus bucchichi.[1] Aigialosaurus grew up to 1.1 m in length. [2] Aigialosaurs were some of the oldest and most primitive ancestors of mosasaur and were closely related to monitor lizards.
References
- ^ Dutchak, Alex R.; and Caldwell, Michael W. (2009)."A redescription of Aigialosaurus (= Opetiosaurus) bucchichi (Kornhuber, 1901) (Squamata: Aigialosauridae) with comments on mosasauroid systematics". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29 (2): 437-452.
- ^ http://www.reptileevolution.com/aigialosaurus.htm
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