Aigialosauridae

Aigialosauridae
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Skull of Aigialosaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Scleroglossa
Superfamily: Varanoidea
Family: Aigialosauridae
Kramberger, 1892
Genera

Aigialosauridae (Greek, aigialos = "seashore" + sauros= lizard) is a family of Late Cretaceous semi-aquatic varanoid lizards, regarded by some paleontologists as a distinct monophyletic group and by others as an adaptive grade within the basal mosasauroids.

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