Biology:Haasiasaurus
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Haasiasaurus is an extinct genus of early mosasauroid. The genus contains a single species, H. gittelmani, which was found in Cenomanian to Turonian (Upper Cretaceous, about 100 to 93 million years ago) rocks near Ein Yabrud, in the Palestinian West Bank, approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Jerusalem.[1] It was named in honour of the palaeontologist Georg Haas, replacing the original name Haasia which was preoccupied by a millipede.[2] Haasiasaurus was one of the oldest mosasauroids, measuring 1 metre (3.3 ft) long.[3] The genus potentially represents a chimera, since the cranial and postcranial material were not found in association.[4]
References
- ↑ Michael J. Polcyn, Eitan Tchernov & Louis L. Jacobs (1999). "The Cretaceous biogeography of the eastern Mediterranean with a description of a new basal mosasauroid from 'Ein Yabrud, Israel". in Y. Tomida, T. H. Rich & P. Vickers-Rich. Proceedings of the Second Gondwanan Dinosaur Symposium. National Science Museum Monographs. 15. Tokyo. pp. 259–290. http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004312502.
- ↑ Polcyn, M. J.; Tchernov, E.; Jacobs, L. L. (2003). "Haasiasaurus gen. nov., a new generic name for the basal mosasauroid Haasia Polcyn et al., 1999". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23 (2): 476. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2003)023[0476:HGNANG2.0.CO;2].
- ↑ Rage, Jean-Claude; Escuillie, Francois (2003). "The Cenomanian: stage of hindlimbed snakes". Carnets de Géologie CG2003 (A01–en): 1–11.
- ↑ Alessandro Palci, Michael W. Caldwell and Cesare A. Papazzoni (2013). "A new genus and subfamily of mosasaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of northern Italy". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 (3): 599–612. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.731024.
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