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Mosasauroidea

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Augusta, B.G.; Zaher, H.; Polcyn, M.J.; Fiorillo, A.R.; Jacobs, L.L. (2022). "A Review of Non-Mosasaurid (Dolichosaur and Aigialosaur) Mosasaurians and Their Relationships to Snakes". In Gower, D.J.; Zaher, H. (eds.).
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Caldwell, M.W.; Palci, A. (2007). "A new basal mosasauroid from the Cenomanian (U. Cretaceous) of Slovenia with a review of mosasauroid phylogeny and evolution".
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paddle-limbed ("hydropedal") forms commonly known as mosasaurs. These were traditionally grouped within their own separate
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Caldwell, M.W. (2012). "A challenge to categories: "What, if anything, is a mosasaur?"".
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forms with terrestrial limbs ("plesiopedal"), while laters members include larger
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The Origin and Evolution of Aquatic Adaptations in Cretaceous Squamates
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Jacobs, L.L.; Ferguson, K.; Polcyn, M.J.; Rennison, C. (2005).
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studies have since found plesiopedal mosasauroids to be a
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The Origin and Early Evolutionary History of Snakes
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Index

Late Cretaceous
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Aigialosaurus
aigialosaurid

Platecarpus
mosasaurid
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Mosasauria
Mosasauroidea
Camp

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