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PONTOSAURUS
(pon-toe-sore-us)
Pontosaurus
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 |
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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.

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