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PANNONIASAURUS
(pan-no-ne-ah-sore-us)
meaning: "Hungarian lizard"
Pannoniasaurus
Named By: L. Makadi, M. W. Caldwell & A. Osi in 2012
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 85.3-83.5 Ma
Location: Hungary - Csehbanya Formation
Size: Roughly about 6 meters long
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore
Fossil(s): Almost complete skull and post cranial skeleton
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Squamata | Mosasauridae | Russellosaurinae | Tethysaurinae |
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Pannoniasaurus is an extinct genus of tethysaurine mosasauroid known from the Late Cretaceous Csehbanya Formation (Santonian stage) of Hungary. It contains a single species, Pannoniasaurus inexpectatus, dubbed "unexpected" because it was discovered in freshwater sediments, unlike other mosasaurs, which were marine predators. It was a medium sized mosasaur, reaching up to 6 m (20 ft).

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