Bentiabasaurus
| Bentiabasaurus Temporal range: Maastrichtian, | |
|---|---|
| Main skull block of syntype (MGUAN PA 183D) on temporary display at the Smithsonian Museum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Clade: | †Mosasauria |
| Family: | †Mosasauridae |
| Tribe: | †Mosasaurini |
| Genus: | †Bentiabasaurus Polcyn, Schulp & Gonçalves, 2023 |
| Type species | |
| †Bentiabasaurus jacobsi Polcyn, Schulp & Gonçalves, 2023 | |
Bentiabasaurus was a gracile plotosaurine mosasaur from the Late Cretaceous Mocuio Formation of Angola. The type and only species of the genus, B. jacobsi, was described in 2023 by Michael Polcyn, Anne Schulp and António Gonçalves.