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Anglosaurus

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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, and possibly the Coniacian of the United States, the Turonian of Brazil, and the Maastrichtian of Niger. While at one point considered a species of Platecarpus, recent phylogenetic analyses have placed it between the (then) plioplatecarpines Ectenosaurus and Selmasaurus, maintaining a basal position within the plioplatecarpinae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. FamilyMosasauridae

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Mosasauridae
Named after
Angola
Image
Angolasaurus at the Smithsonian.jpg
Length
4
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taxon name
Anglosaurus
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Angolasaurus
start time
94000000-0
end time
66000000-0
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