Pontosaurus

Pontosaurus; Temporal range: 100–65 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Late Cretaceous
	Pontosaurus kornhuberi fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Infraphylum:	Gnathostomata
Class:	Sauropsida
Subclass:	Diapsida
Infraclass:	Lepidosauromorpha
Superorder:	Lepidosauria
Order:	Squamata
Infraorder:	Anguimorpha
(unranked):	Pythonomorpha
Genus:	Pontosaurus; Gorjanovic-Kramberger, 1892
Species
	P. kornhuberi Caldwell, 2006; P. lesinensis (Kornhuber, 1873 [originally Hydrosaurus lesinensis]) (type);

Pontosaurus is a now extinct genus of pythonomorph from the Late Cretaceous period. It was originally named Hydrosaurus, but that name was preoccupied by an agamid lizard, so it was renamed.

References

^ "A new species of Pontosaurus (Squamata, Pythonomorpha) from the Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon and a phylogenetic analysis of Pythonomorpha". Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. 34: 1–42. 2006. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)

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[Caldwell2006-1] "A new species of Pontosaurus (Squamata, Pythonomorpha) from the Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon and a phylogenetic analysis of Pythonomorpha". Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. 34: 1–42. 2006. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)

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