Aigialosauridae
| Aigialosauridae Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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| Skull of Aigialosaurus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Scleroglossa |
| Superfamily: | Varanoidea |
| Family: | †Aigialosauridae Kramberger, 1892 |
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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.
References
- Michael W., Caldwell and Alessandro Palci (2010). "A new species of ophidiomorph lizard, Adriosaurus skrkinensis, from the late Cretaceous of Slovenia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (3): 747–755. doi:10.1080/02724631003762963.
- Dutchak, A.R. (2005). "A review of the taxonomy and systematics of aigialosaurs". Netherlands Journal of Geosciences. 84 (3): 221–222.
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