†Oneirosaurus caballeroi Páramo Fonseca et al. 2025 (mosasaur)
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Reptilia - Squamata - Mosasauridae
Full reference: M. E. Páramo Fonseca, J. A. Narváez Rincón, and C. D. Benavides-Cabra. 2025. Oneirosaurus caballeroi gen. et sp. nov., a new mosasaur from Colombia. Earth Sciences Research Journal 29(3):231-247
Belongs to Oneirosaurus according to M. E. Páramo Fonseca et al. 2025
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: IGMp879524, a partial skull (nearly complete skull with articulated mandible, lacking its anterior end, and disarticulated atlas). Its type locality is La Azufrada, which is in a Coniacian marine mudstone/wackestone in the Galembo Formation of Colombia.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at La Azufrada
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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