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Carsosaurus

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Carsosaurus
Temporal range: Albian-Cenomanian, 101–95 Ma
Fossil of C. marchesetti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Clade: †Mosasauria
Family: †Aigialosauridae
Genus: †Carsosaurus
Kornhuber, 1883
Type species
†Carsosaurus marchesetti
Kornhuber, 1883

Carsosaurus is an extinct genus of mosasauroid that existed during the Early and Late Cretaceous period, about 101-93 million years ago. The type species, Carsosaurus marchesetti, is known from fossil specimens found only in Slovenia.

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