Species
Valid Extinct

Halisaurus hebae

Shaker et al. 2023

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Mosasaures
Carnivore aquatic Terrestrial
Classification
Mosasauridae Family
Halisaurinae Unranked clade
Halisaurini Unranked clade
Halisaurus Genus
Halisaurus hebae Species
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇪🇬 Egypt
1
Geological formations
Dakhla Shale
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
A. A. Shaker, N. R. Longrich, and A. Strougo, A. Asan, N. Bardet, M. K. Mousa, A. A. Tantawy, G. A. Abu El-Kheir. 2023. A new species of Halisaurus (Mosasauridae: Halisaurinae) from the lower Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of the Western Desert, Egypt. Cretaceous Research 154:105719 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
A. A. Shaker, N. R. Longrich, and A. Strougo, A. Asan, N. Bardet, M. K. Mousa, A. A. Tantawy, G. A. Abu El-Kheir. 2023. A new species of Halisaurus (Mosasauridae: Halisaurinae) from the lower Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of the Western Desert, Egypt. Cretaceous Research 154:105719 DOI ↗