Biology:Proaigialosaurus
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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Superfamily: | †Mosasauroidea |
| Family: | †Aigialosauridae |
| Genus: | †Proaigialosaurus |
| Species: | †P. huenei
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| †Proaigialosaurus huenei Kuhn, 1958
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Proaigialosaurus is an extinct genus of semi-aquatic diapsid reptile. The genus was erected by Kuhn (1958), based upon skull fragments, which have since been lost.[1]
Generally considered the oldest specimen of the lizard family Aigialosauridae, others have considered it to be a pleurosaurid, a marine sphenodontian (the order to which the extant Tuatara belongs).[2]
Proaigialosaurus was discovered in the Solnhofen limestone formation of Bavaria, Germany .[2] It was small (less than a metre long).[2]
References
- ↑ Dutchak, A.R. (2005). "A review of the taxonomy and systematics of aigialosaurs". Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 84 (3): 221–229. doi:10.1017/s0016774600021004. http://www.njgonline.nl/publish/articles/000258/article.pdf.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Molnar, Ralph E. (2004). "The Long and Honorable History of Monitors and Their Kin". in Pianka, Eric R.; King, Dennis R.; King, Ruth Allen. Varanoid Lizards of the World. Indiana University Press. pp. 10–67. doi:10.2307/j.ctt2005wjp.6.
Wikidata ☰ Q3922278 entry
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