Pannoniasaurus
| Pannoniasaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 85.3–83.5 Ma | |
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| Known remains and skeletal restorations | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | †Mosasauridae |
| Subfamily: | †Tethysaurinae |
| Genus: | †Pannoniasaurus Makádi, Caldwell & Ősi, 2012 |
| Type species | |
| †Pannoniasaurus inexpectatus Makádi, Caldwell & Ősi, 2012 | |
Pannoniasaurus is an extinct genus of tethysaurine mosasauroid known from the Late Cretaceous Csehbánya Formation (Santonian stage) of Hungary. It contains a single species, Pannoniasaurus inexpectatus,[1] dubbed "unexpected" because it was discovered in freshwater sediments, unlike other mosasaurs, which were marine predators. It was a medium sized mosasaur, reaching up to 6 m (20 ft).
Holotype quadrate
References
- ↑ Makádi, L. S.; Caldwell, M. W.; Ősi, A. (2012). Butler, Richard J, ed. "The First Freshwater Mosasauroid (Upper Cretaceous, Hungary) and a New Clade of Basal Mosasauroids". PLoS ONE. 7 (12): e51781. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0051781.
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