Carsosaurus
Carsosaurus is an extinct genus of mosasauroid that existed during the Early and Late Cretaceous period, about 101-93 million years ago. The type species, Carsosaurus marchesetti, is known from fossil specimens found only in Slovenia.
Carsosaurus | |
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Fossil of C. marchesetti | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Superfamily: | †Mosasauroidea |
Family: | †Mosasauridae |
Genus: | †Carsosaurus Kornhuber, 1883 |
Type species | |
†Carsosaurus marchesetti Kornhuber, 1883 |
See also
- List of mosasaurs
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