Aigialosaurus

Aigialosaurus
Aigialosaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Skull of A. bucchichi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Scleroglossa
Superfamily: Varanoidea
Family: †Aigialosauridae
Genus: Aigialosaurus
Kramberger, 1892
Species
  • A. dalmaticus Kramberger, 1892 (type)
  • A. bucchichi Kornhuber, 1901
Synonyms

Opetiosaurus Kornhuber, 1901
Restoration of A. bucchichi
Restoration of A. dalmaticus

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] Aigialosaurs were some of the oldest and most primitive ancestors of mosasaurs.

References

  1. ^ 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.


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