Harranasaurus

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Harranasaurus
Temporal range: Maastrichtian
Harranasaurus mandible.jpg
Holotype mandible
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Superfamily: Mosasauroidea
Family: Mosasauridae
Subfamily: Mosasaurinae
Tribe: Mosasaurini
Genus: Harranasaurus
Kaddumi, 2009
Species:
H. khuludae
Binomial name
Harranasaurus khuludae
Kaddumi, 2009

Harranasaurus is an extinct genus of Cretaceous marine lizard belonging to the mosasaur family. The genus contains one known species, H. khuludae from the Muwaqqar Formation of Jordan.[1]

References

  1. ^ Kaddumi, Hani F. (2009). "A new species of Prognathodon (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Maastrichtian of Harrana". Fossils of the Harrana Fauna and the Adjacent Areas. Amman: Eternal River Museum of Natural History. pp. 65–73. OCLC 709582892.