Genus
Valid Extinct

Angolasaurus

Antunes 1964

Angolasaurus is an extinct genus of mosasaur. Definite remains from this genus have been recovered from the Turonian and Coniacian of Angola, and possibly the Coniacian of the United States, the Turonian of Brazil, and the Maastrichtian of Niger. While at one point considered a species of Platecarpus, recent phylogenetic analyses have placed it between the (then) plioplatecarpines Ectenosaurus and Selmasaurus, maintaining a basal position within the plioplatecarpinae.

Temporal range
PBDB occurrences
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Group
Mosasaures
Carnivore aquatic Terrestrial
Angolasaurus
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Angolasaurus bocagei partial skeleton (MGUAN-PA 065) on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. © Jonathan Chen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
PBDB Wikipedia
Classification
Mosasauridae Family
Russellosaurina Unranked clade
Angolasaurus Genus
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Bibliography
Original description
M. T. Antunes. 1964. O Neocretácico e o Cenozoico do litoral de Angola. Junta de Investigações do Ultramar