Aigialosauridae

Taxobox
name = Agialosauridae
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = Skull of "Opetiosaurus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Scleroglossa
superfamilia = Varanoidea
familia = Aigialosauridae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
*"Aigialosaurus"
*"Carsosaurus"
*"Opetiosaurus"
*?"Proaigialosaurus"

Aigialosauridae (Greek, "aigialos" = "seashore" + "sauros"= lizard) is family of Late Cretaceous semi-aquatic varanoid lizards, regarded by some paleontologists to form distinct monophyletic group and by others as an adaptive grade within the basal mosasauroids.

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