Proaigialosaurus
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Proaigialosaurus Temporal range: Late Jurassic
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Superfamily: | †Mosasauroidea |
Family: | †Aigialosauridae |
Genus: | †Proaigialosaurus |
Species: | †P. huenei
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Binomial name | |
†Proaigialosaurus huenei Kuhn, 1958
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Proaigialosaurus is an extinct genus of semi-aquatic diapsid reptile. The genus was erected by Kuhn (1958), based upon skull fragments, which have since been lost.[1]
Generally considered the oldest specimen of the lizard family Aigialosauridae, others have considered it to be a pleurosaurid, a marine sphenodontian (the order to which the extant Tuatara belongs).[2]
Proaigialosaurus was discovered in the Solnhofen limestone formation of Bavaria, Germany.[2] It was small (less than a metre long).[2]
References
- ^ Dutchak, A.R. (2005). "A review of the taxonomy and systematics of aigialosaurs" (PDF). Netherlands Journal of Geosciences. 84 (3): 221–229. doi:10.1017/s0016774600021004. S2CID 133058224. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16.
- ^ a b c Molnar, Ralph E. (2004). "The Long and Honorable History of Monitors and Their Kin". In Pianka, Eric R.; King, Dennis R.; King, Ruth Allen (eds.). Varanoid Lizards of the World. Indiana University Press. pp. 10–67. doi:10.2307/j.ctt2005wjp.6.
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