Megapterygius
Extinct genus of mosasaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Megapterygius (meaning "large wing") is an extinct genus of mosasaurine mosasaur from the Late Cretaceous Toyajo Formation (Hasegawa Muddy Sandstone Member) of Japan. The genus contains a single species, M. wakayamaensis, known from an almost complete skeleton.
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Megapterygius | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Clade: | †Mosasauria |
Family: | †Mosasauridae |
Subfamily: | †Mosasaurinae |
Genus: | †Megapterygius Konishi et al., 2023 |
Type species | |
†Megapterygius wakayamaensis Konishi et al., 2023 |
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