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ATHABASCASAURUS
(af-a-nas-ka-sore-us)
meaning: "Athabasca lizard - after the Athabasca River"
Named By: Druckenmiller & Maxwell in 2010
Time Period: Lower Cretaceous, 112.6-109 Ma
Location: Canada, Alberta, Clearwater Formation
Size: Unavailable
Diet: Piscivore/Carnivore
Fossil(s): Almost complete specimen
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Ichthyosauria | Ophthalmosauridae | Platypterygiinae |
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Athabascasaurus is an extinct genus of platypterygiine ophthalmosaurid ichthyosaur known from Alberta, Canada.

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