Romeosaurus
| Romeosaurus | |
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| R. fumanensis skull | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | †Mosasauridae |
| (unranked): | Russellosaurina |
| Subfamily: | Yaguarasaurinae |
| Genus: | †Romeosaurus Palci et al., 2013 |
| Species | |
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Romeosaurus is an extinct genus of yaguarasaurine mosasaur known from the early Late Cretaceous "Lastame" lithotype (lower Turonian to lower Santonian) of northern Italy. It contains two species.[1]
R. fumanensis skeleton
References
- ↑ Palci, A.; Caldwell, M. W.; Papazzoni, C. A. (2013). "A new genus and subfamily of mosasaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of northern Italy". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33 (3): 599. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.731024.
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