Tylosaurus
Extinct genus of marine squamate reptiles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Rhinosaurus" redirects here. For the mammal, see Rhinoceros.
Tylosaurus (from the ancient Greek τύλος (tylos) 'protuberance, knob' + Greek σαῦρος (sauros) 'lizard') is a genus of mosasaur, a large, predatory marine reptile closely related to modern monitor lizards and snakes, from the Late Cretaceous.
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Mounted cast of the T. proriger "Bunker" specimen (KUVP 5033) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Clade: | †Mosasauria |
Family: | †Mosasauridae |
Clade: | †Russellosaurina |
Subfamily: | †Tylosaurinae |
Genus: | †Tylosaurus Marsh, 1872 |
Type species | |
†Tylosaurus proriger Cope, 1869 | |
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