Harranasaurus
Extinct genus of lizards
Harranasaurus Temporal range: Maastrichtian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Clade: | †Mosasauria |
Family: | †Mosasauridae |
Subfamily: | †Mosasaurinae |
Tribe: | †Globidensini |
Genus: | †Harranasaurus Kaddumi, 2009 |
Species: | †H. khuludae |
Binomial name | |
†Harranasaurus khuludae Kaddumi, 2009 |
Harranasaurus (meaning "Harrana lizard") is an extinct genus of globidensin mosasaur from Jordan. The genus contains one known species, H. khuludae from the Muwaqqar Chalk Marl Formation of Jordan.[1]
References
- ^ Kaddumi, Hani F. (2009). "A new species of Prognathodon (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Maastrichtian of Harrana". Fossils of the Harrana Fauna and the Adjacent Areas. Amman: Eternal River Museum of Natural History. pp. 65–73. OCLC 709582892.
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Globidensini |
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Prognathodontini | |
Mosasaurini |
Halisaurini |
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Plioplatecarpinae |
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Yaguarasaurinae |
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