Vallecillosaurus

Vallecillosaurus
Temporal range: 100–65 Ma

Late Cretaceous

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Class: Sauropsida
Subclass: Diapsida
Infraclass: Lepidosauromorpha
Superorder: Lepidosauria
Order: Squamata
Superfamily: Mosasauroidea
Genus: Vallecillosaurus
Smith & Buchy, 2008
Species

Vallecillosaurus donrobertoi Smith & Buchy, 2008

Vallecillosaurus is an extinct genus of mosasauroid from the Late Cretaceous period, that lived in Mexico, in the state of Nuevo León.[1]

References

  1. Smith, K. T., and Buchy, M.-C., 2008. A new aigialosaur (Squamata: Anguimorpha) with soft tissue remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Nuevo Leon, Mexico: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 28, n. 1, p. 85-94.

See also

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