Halisaurus
Sign in to saveHalisaurus is an extinct genus of mosasaur named by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1869. The holotype, consisting of an angular and a basicranium fragment discovered near Hornerstown, New Jersey, already revealed a relatively unique combination of features and prompted a new genus to be described. Its name is a portmanteau of the Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls; "sea") and σαῦρος (saûros; "lizard"). It was renamed by Marsh to Baptosaurus in 1870, since he believed the name to already be preoccupied by the fish Halosaurus. According to modern rules, a difference of a letter is enough and the substitute name
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- Parent taxon
- Mosasauridae
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- Halisaurus arambourgi.jpg
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- Halisaurus
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- Halisaurus
- start time
- 86300000-0
- end time
- 66000000-0
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Halisaurus (“lagarto del océano”) es un género extinto de lagarto marino que pertenece a la familia Mosasauridae. Con una longitud de 3-4 m (10-13 pies) era pequeño comparado con la mayoría de los otros mosasaurios.
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