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Aigialosauridae

Synonyms: Aigialosaurus novaki

Wikipedia Abstract

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

Aigialosaurus (2)
Carentonosaurus (1)
Carsosaurus (1)
Mesoleptos (1)
Proaigialosaurus (1)
Vallecillosaurus (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0