''Capelliniosuchus'' is an

extinct Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...

genus of

mosasaur Mosasaurs (from Latin ''Mosa'' meaning the 'Meuse', and Ancient Greek, Greek ' meaning 'lizard') are an extinct group of large aquatic reptiles within the family Mosasauridae that lived during the Late Cretaceous. Their first fossil remains wer ...

. It was discovered in Italy, and described by Simonelli,Simonelli V. 1896. Intoro agli avanzi di coccodrilliano scoperti a San Valentino (provincial di Reggio Emilia) nel 1886. ''Atli della Reale Accademia dei Lincei, series Qunita Rendiconti'' 5 (2): 11-18. originally believing it to be a

metriorhynchid Metriorhynchidae is an extinct family of specialized, aquatic metriorhynchoid crocodyliforms from the Middle Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous period (Bajocian to early Aptian) of Europe, North America and South America. The name Metriorhynchidae ...

crocodyliform similar to ''

Dakosaurus ''Dakosaurus'' is an extinct genus of crocodylomorph within the family Metriorhynchidae that lived during the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous. It was large, with teeth that were serrated and compressed lateromedially (flattened from side to s ...

''. However, after re-examining the type specimen, Sirotti concluded that it was a junior synonym of ''Mosasaurus hoffmannii''.Sirotti A. 1989. ''Mosasaurus hoffmanni'' Mantell, 1828 (Reptilia) nelle <> di S. Valentino (Reggio E.). ''Atti della società dei naturalisti e matematici di Modena'' 120: 135-146. A 2014 paper found the genus to be distinct from ''M. hoffmannii''.Fanti F., Cau A., Negri A. 2014. A giant mosasaur (Reptilia, Squamata) with an unusually twisted dentition from the Argille Scagliose Complex (late Campanian) of northern Italy. Cretaceous Research 49:91–104. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2014.01.003. ''Capellineosuchus'' is a misspelling by Romer.Romer AS. 1966. ''Vertebrate Paleontology, third edition''. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 468pp.

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