Portunatasaurus
Genus of lizards
Portunatasaurus Temporal range: Cenomanian-Turonian | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Clade: | †Mosasauria |
Superfamily: | †Mosasauroidea |
Genus: | †Portunatasaurus Mekarski et al., 2019[1] |
Species: | †P. krambergeri |
Binomial name | |
†Portunatasaurus krambergeri Mekarski et al., 2019[1] |
Portunatasaurus ("Dugi Otok lizard") is a genus of mosasauroid squamate that lived during the Late Cretaceous period in what is now Croatia. It contains a single species, P. krambergeri, recovered from the Adriatic-Dinaric Carbonate Platform.[1] It was a relatively small reptile, reaching 1 m (3.3 ft) in length.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Mekarski, Michelle C.; Japundžić, Dražen; Krizmanić, Katarina; Caldwell, Michael W. (May 2019). "Description of a new basal mosasauroid from the Late Cretaceous of Croatia, with comments on the evolution of the mosasauroid forelimb". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39: e1577872. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1577872.
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Mosasaurs
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Order: Squamata
Globidensini | |
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Prognathodontini | |
Mosasaurini |
Halisaurini |
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Plioplatecarpinae |
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Tethysaurinae | |||||
Tylosaurinae | |||||
Yaguarasaurinae |
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