Portunatasaurus
Portunatasaurus ("Dugi Otok lizard") is a genus of mosasauroid squamate that lived during the Late Cretaceous period in what is now Croatia. It contains a single species, P. krambergeri, recovered from the Adriatic-Dinaric Carbonate Platform.[1] It was a relatively small reptile, reaching 1 m (3.3 ft) in length and 2 kg (4.4 lb) in body mass.[1][2]
| Portunatasaurus Temporal range: Cenomanian-Turonian | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Superfamily: | †Mosasauroidea |
| Genus: | †Portunatasaurus Mekarski et al., 2019[1] |
| Species: | †P. krambergeri |
| Binomial name | |
| †Portunatasaurus krambergeri Mekarski et al., 2019[1] | |
References
- Mekarski, Michelle C.; Japundžić, Dražen; Krizmanić, Katarina; Caldwell, Michael W. (May 2019). "Description of a new basal mosasauroid from the Late Cretaceous of Croatia, with comments on the evolution of the mosasauroid forelimb". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39: e1577872. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1577872.
- Paul, Gregory S. (2022). The Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Sea Reptiles. Princeton University Press. p. 164. ISBN 9780691193809.
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