Angolasaurus
Extinct genus of lizards / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Angolasaurus ("Angola lizard") is an extinct genus of mosasaur. Definite remains from this genus have been recovered from the Turonian and Coniacian of Angola,[7] and possibly the Coniacian of the United States, the Turonian of Brazil,[8] and the Maastrichtian of Niger.[9][10] While at one point considered a species of Platecarpus,[6] recent phylogenetic analyses have placed it between the (then) plioplatecarpines Ectenosaurus and Selmasaurus, maintaining a basal position within the plioplatecarpinae.[11]
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Partial skeleton (MGUAN-PA 065) at the National Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Clade: | †Mosasauria |
Family: | †Mosasauridae |
Clade: | †Russellosaurina |
Subfamily: | †Plioplatecarpinae |
Genus: | †Angolasaurus Antunes, 1964 |
Species: | †A. bocagei |
Binomial name | |
†Angolasaurus bocagei Antunes, 1964 | |
Synonyms[3][5][6] | |
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Its wide geographic range make it the one of the only Turonian mosasaurs with a transatlantic range.[8]