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Aigialosauridae
Taxonomy
Aigialosauridae was named by Kramberger (1892). It is not extant. Its type is Aigialosaurus. It was considered monophyletic by Lee and Caldwell (2000).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Aigialosauridae by Lee and Caldwell (2000).
It was assigned to Lacertilia by Huene (1954); to Platynota by Kuhn (1946), McDowell and Bogert (1954); to Varanoidea by Kuhn (1966), Seiffert (1975), Carroll (1988), Carroll and DeBraga (1992); to Mosasauridae by Lee and Caldwell (2000); and to Mosasauroidea by Caldwell et al. (1995), Bell and Polcyn (2005).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Aigialosauridae by Lee and Caldwell (2000).
It was assigned to Lacertilia by Huene (1954); to Platynota by Kuhn (1946), McDowell and Bogert (1954); to Varanoidea by Kuhn (1966), Seiffert (1975), Carroll (1988), Carroll and DeBraga (1992); to Mosasauridae by Lee and Caldwell (2000); and to Mosasauroidea by Caldwell et al. (1995), Bell and Polcyn (2005).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1892 | Aigialosauridae Kramberger |
| 1892 | Aigialosaurus novaki Kramberger |
| 1946 | Aigialosauridae Kuhn p. 61 |
| 1954 | Aigialosauridae Huene p. 62 |
| 1954 | Aigialosauridae McDowell and Bogert p. 132 |
| 1966 | Aigialosauridae Kuhn p. 58 |
| 1975 | Aigialosauridae Seiffert p. 10 |
| 1988 | Aigialosauridae Carroll |
| 1992 | Aigialosauridae Carroll and DeBraga pp. 66-85 |
| 1995 | Aigialosauridae Caldwell et al. |
| 2000 | Aigialosauridae Lee and Caldwell |
| 2005 | Aigialosauridae Bell and Polcyn p. 189 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. †Aigialosauridae Kramberger 1892
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G. †Aigialosaurus Kramberger 1892
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†Aigialosaurus bucchichi Kornhuber 1901
†Aigialosaurus dalmaticus Kramberger 1892
G. †Carentonosaurus Rage and Néraudeau 2004
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†Carentonosaurus algorensis Cabezuelo-Hernández and Pérez-García 2023
†Carentonosaurus mineaui Rage and Néraudeau 2004
†Carentonosaurus soaresi Pimentel et al. 2023
G. †Opetiosaurus Kornhuber 1902
Invalid names: Aigialosaurus novaki Kramberger 1892 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Valanginian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 137.05000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections (15 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Valanginian | United Kingdom (England) | Aigialosauridae indet. (96621) | |
| Cenomanian | France (Charente-Maritime) | Carentonosaurus mineaui (64878) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Palestine | Mesoleptos sp. (11804) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Carentonosaurus mineaui (77233) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Croatia | Aigialosaurus bucchichi (123565) Aigialosaurus dalmaticus (123551) Mesoleptos zendrinii (132604) Opetiosaurus bucchichi (123550) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Slovenia | Carsosaurus marchesetti (123567) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Carentonosaurus mineaui (88991 110466) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Portugal | Carentonosaurus soaresi (198029) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian | Spain (Asturias) | Carentonosaurus sp., Carentonosaurus mineaui (98396) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian | Slovenia | Mesoleptos zendrinii, Eidolosaurus trauthi (132603) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous | Spain (Guadalajara ) | Carentonosaurus algorensis (233569) |