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''Pontosaurus'' is a now extinct
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q9303550 Fossil taxa described in 1892 Taxa named by Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger Late Cretaceous lepidosaurs of Asia Dolichosauridae
''Pontosaurus'' is a now extinct genus
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of pythonomorph from the Late Cretaceous
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period. It was originally named ''Hydrosaurus'', but that name was preoccupied
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by an agamid
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lizard, so it was renamed. It is known from two species, both Cenomanian in age, the type ''P. lesinensis'' which is known from Hvar
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with a high east–west ridge of M ...
in Croatia, the other ''P. kornhuberi'' is known from the Sannine Formation
The Sannine Formation, also called the Sannine Limestone, is a Cretaceous geologic formation in Lebanon. It is a Konservat-Lagerstätte that contains a high diversity of well-preserved fish, reptiles, and invertebrates from the Tethys Ocean wit ...
in Lebanon.
See also
*List of mosasaurs
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q9303550 Fossil taxa described in 1892 Taxa named by Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger Late Cretaceous lepidosaurs of Asia Dolichosauridae