Aigialosaurus bucchichi Kornhuber 1901 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata - Aigialosauridae

Alternative combinations: Opetiosaurus bucchichi, Opetiosaurus buccichi

Belongs to Aigialosaurus according to A. R. Dutchak and M. W. Caldwell 2009

See also Bell 1997, Bell and Polcyn 2005 and Carroll and DeBraga 1992

Sister taxon: Aigialosaurus dalmaticus

Type specimen: Vienna museum specimen, a skeleton (Skeleton lacking part of tail). Its type locality is Lesina (Universitat Wien NHMW collection), which is in a Cenomanian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Starigrad Limestone Formation of Croatia.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Croatia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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