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1415:Carsosaurus
1367:Romeosaurus
1312:Tethysaurus
1281:Selmasaurus
1226:Platecarpus
1118:Halisaurini
1074:Plotosaurus
1060:Moanasaurus
1037:Mosasaurini
916:Jormungandr
902:Dallasaurus
455:Tethysaurus
431:Tethysaurus
425:Description
362:of the sea
329:mosasauroid
314:Tethysaurus
274:Tethysaurus
253:Subfamily:
137:Tethysaurus
47:93–89
36:Tethysaurus
1709:Categories
1464:Primitivus
1347:Tylosaurus
1333:Kaikaifilu
1134:Halisaurus
1067:Mosasaurus
971:Carinodens
951:Stelladens
923:Kourisodon
653:References
447:Cenomanian
218:Mosasauria
1457:Kaganaias
1274:Khinjaria
1127:Eonatator
1107:Pluridens
978:Globidens
895:Clidastes
849:Kingdom:
839:Mosasaurs
496:in 2012:
490:Cladogram
477:Phylogeny
407:vertebrae
387:squamates
372:Hungarian
343:Discovery
168:Kingdom:
162:Eukaryota
139:skeleton
1589:Q2608432
1583:Wikidata
1551:Category
999:Xenodens
869:Squamata
863:Reptilia
857:Chordata
855:Phylum:
851:Animalia
781:23284766
741:PLOS ONE
625:See also
419:foramina
395:Goulmima
385:aquatic
383:Adriatic
333:Turonian
224:Family:
202:Squamata
192:Reptilia
182:Chordata
178:Phylum:
172:Animalia
158:Domain:
1616:6158136
1603:8534038
867:Order:
861:Class:
772:3526648
749:Bibcode
445:of the
439:derived
403:Morocco
360:goddess
319:extinct
266:Genus:
198:Order:
188:Class:
116:↓
1662:lizard
1629:176308
930:Liodon
779:
769:
494:et al.
461:along
364:Tethys
351:Fossil
317:is an
1664:is a
459:clade
457:in a
435:basal
415:et al
401:, in
376:Baron
357:Greek
322:genus
238:Clade
209:Clade
1666:stub
1598:GBIF
777:PMID
467:and
437:and
281:2003
55:PreꞒ
767:PMC
757:doi
716:doi
681:doi
324:of
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661:^
397:,
339:.
240::
211::
105:Pg
49:Ma
44:,
1697:e
1690:t
1683:v
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817:v
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683::
677:2
296:†
270:†
257:†
244:†
228:†
215:†
110:N
100:K
95:J
90:T
85:P
80:C
75:D
70:S
65:O
60:Ꞓ
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