"Rhinosaurus" redirects here. For the mammal, see
Rhinoceros.
Tylosaurus
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| Mounted cast of the T. proriger "Bunker" specimen (KUVP 5033) |
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| Scientific classification |
| Domain: |
Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Chordata |
| Class: |
Reptilia |
| Order: |
Squamata |
| Clade: |
†Mosasauria |
| Family: |
†Mosasauridae |
| Clade: |
†Russellosaurina |
| Subfamily: |
†Tylosaurinae |
| Genus: |
†Tylosaurus
Marsh, 1872 |
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| Type species |
†Tylosaurus proriger
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| Other species |
- †T. nepaeolicus (Cope, 1874)
- †T. bernardi (Dollo, 1885)
- †T. gaudryi (Thevenin, 1896)
- †T. ivoensis (Persson, 1963)
- †T. iembeensis (Antunes, 1964)
- †T. pembinensis (Nicholls, 1988)
- †T. saskatchewanensis Jiménez-Huidobro et al., 2018
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| Synonyms |
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- Elliptonodon Emmons, 1858
- Rhamphosaurus Cope, 1872
- Rhinosaurus Marsh, 1872
- Hainosaurus(?) Dollo, 1885
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- Macrosaurus proriger Cope, 1869
- Macrosaurus pririger Cope, 1869
- Liodon proriger Cope, 1869
- Rhinosaurus proriger Marsh, 1872
- Rhinosaurus micromus Cope, 1872
- Tylosaurus dyspelor Leidy, 1873
- Tylosaurus micromus Merriam, 1894
Synonyms of T. nepaeolicus -
- Liodon nepaeolicus Cope, 1874
- Tylosaurus kansasensis? Everhart, 2005
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- Hainosaurus bernardi Dollo, 1885
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- Mosasaurus gaudryi Thevenin, 1896
- Hainosaurus gaudryi Lingham-Soliar, 1992
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- Leiodon lundgreni Schröder, 1885
- Mosasaurus hoffmanni ivoensis Persson, 1963
- Mosasaurus ivoensis Russell, 1967
- Hainosaurus ivoensis Lindgren, 1998
Synonyms of T. iembeensis -
- Mosasaurus iembeensis Antunes, 1964
Synonyms of T. pembinensis -
- Hainosaurus pembinensis Nicholls, 1988
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Tylosaurus (; "knob lizard") is a genus of russellosaurine mosasaur (an extinct group of predatory marine lizards) that lived about 92 to 66 million years ago during the Turonian to Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous. Its fossils have been found primarily around North Atlantic Ocean including in North America, Europe, and Africa.