Carsosaurus marchesetti Kornhuber 1893 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata - Aigialosauridae

Alternative combination: Carsosaurus marchesettii

Belongs to Carsosaurus according to Kornhuber 1893

See also Caldwell and Palci 2007

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MCSNT (Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Trieste), a set of postcrania (nearly complete skeleton lacking the skull). Its type locality is Komen (cave), which is in a Cenomanian marginal marine limestone in Slovenia.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Komen (cave)

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