- Aigialosauridae
Taxobox
name = Agialosauridae
fossil_range =Late Cretaceous
image_width = 240px
image_caption = Skull of "Opetiosaurus"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo =Squamata
subordo =Scleroglossa
superfamilia =Varanoidea
familia = Aigialosauridae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
*"Aigialosaurus "
*"Carsosaurus "
*"Opetiosaurus "
*?"Proaigialosaurus "Aigialosauridae (Greek, "aigialos" = "seashore" + "sauros"=
lizard ) is family ofLate Cretaceous semi-aquatic varanoid lizards, regarded by somepaleontologist s to form distinctmonophyletic group and by others as an adaptive grade within the basalmosasaur oids.References
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