Amphorosteus

Amphorosteus is a dubious genus of mosasaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America. It was described on the basis of two, heavily weathered vertebrae unearthed from Alabama.[1]

Amphorosteus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Superfamily: Mosasauroidea
Family: Mosasauridae
Genus: Amphorosteus
Gibbs, 1851
Type species
Amphorosteus brumbyi
Gibbs, 1851

See also

References

  1. Kiernan, C. R. (2002). Stratigraphic distribution and habitat segregation of mosasaurs in the Upper Cretaceous of western and central Alabama, with an historical review of Alabama mosasaur discoveries. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 22(1), 91-103


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