Halisaurus
Sign in to saveHalisaurus is an extinct genus of mosasaur named by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1869. The holotype, consisting of an angular and a basicranium fragment discovered near Hornerstown, New Jersey, already revealed a relatively unique combination of features and prompted a new genus to be described. Its name is a portmanteau of the Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls; "sea") and σαῦρος (saûros; "lizard"). It was renamed by Marsh to Baptosaurus in 1870, since he believed the name to already be preoccupied by the fish Halosaurus. According to modern rules, a difference of a letter is enough and the substitute name
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- Parent taxon
- Mosasauridae
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- Halisaurus arambourgi.jpg
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- Halisaurus
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- Halisaurus
- start time
- 86300000-0
- end time
- 66000000-0
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Halisaurus (Gr. halis = Meer; sauros = Echse) ist eine Gattung der Mosasaurier aus der Oberkreide. Fragmentarische fossile Überreste wurden in Europa, Nordamerika, Südamerika und Afrika gefunden. Der Fossilbericht von Halisaurus erstreckt sich über einen Zeitraum von über 20 Millionen Jahren, vom frühen Santonium bis zum späten Maastrichtium.
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