Named By: | GorjanovicinKramberger in 1892 |
Time Period: | 100 Ma Late Cretaceous |
Location: | Croatia and Lebanon |
Size: | 1 meter long |
Diet: | Piscivore/Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | At least 2 individuals |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Squamata | Anguimorpha | Pythonomorpha | |
Pontosaurus is a now extinct genus of pythonomorph from the Late Cretaceous period. It was originally named Hydrosaurus, but that name was preoccupied by an agamid lizard, so it was renamed.