Species
Valid Extinct

Goronyosaurus nigeriensis

(Swinton 1930)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Mosasaures
Carnivore aquatic Terrestrial
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Classification
Mosasauridae Family
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Plioplatecarpinae Subfamily
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Selmasaurini Unranked clade
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Goronyosaurus Genus
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Goronyosaurus nigeriensis Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇳🇬 Nigeria
2
Geological formations
Rima
1
Dukamaje
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
2
Bibliography
Original description
A. Azzaroli, C. De Giuli, and G. Ficcarelli, D. Torre. 1972. An aberrant mosasaur from the Upper Cretaceous of north-western Nigeria. Rendiconti della classe di fisiche, mathematiche e naturali 52:398-402
Bibliography (2)
T. Soliar. 1988. The mosasaur Goronyosaurus from the Upper Cretacous of Sokoto State, Nigeria. Palaeontology 31(3):747-762
A. Azzaroli, C. De Giuli, and G. Ficcarelli, D. Torre. 1972. An aberrant mosasaur from the Upper Cretaceous of north-western Nigeria. Rendiconti della classe di fisiche, mathematiche e naturali 52:398-402