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Harranasaurus

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Harranasaurus
Temporal range: Maastrichtian
Holotype mandible
Scientific classification Edit this 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 Formation of Jordan.[1]

References

  1. ^ 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.