*** Welcome to piglix ***

Aigialosaur

Aigialosauridae
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Aigialosaurus bucchichi skull.jpg
Skull of Aigialosaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Superfamily: Mosasauroidea
Family: Aigialosauridae
Kramberger, 1892
Genera

Aigialosauridae (Greek, aigialos = "seashore" + sauros= lizard) is a family of Late Cretaceous semi-aquatic varanoid lizards, regarded by some paleontologists as a distinct monophyletic group and by others as an adaptive grade within the basal mosasauroids.


...
Wikipedia

...