| Proaigialosaurus Temporal range: Late Jurassic | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Clade: | †Mosasauria |
| Family: | †Aigialosauridae |
| Genus: | †Proaigialosaurus |
| Species: | †P. huenei |
| Binomial name | |
| †Proaigialosaurus huenei Kuhn, 1958 | |
Proaigialosaurus is an extinct genus of semi-aquatic diapsid reptile. The genus was erected by Kuhn (1958), based upon skull fragments, which have since been lost.
Generally considered the oldest specimen of the lizard family Aigialosauridae, others have considered it to be a pleurosaurid, a marine sphenodontian (the order to which the extant Tuatara belongs).
Proaigialosaurus was discovered in the Solnhofen limestone formation of Bavaria, Germany. It was small (less than a metre long).
References
- Dutchak, A.R. (2005). "A review of the taxonomy and systematics of aigialosaurs" (PDF). Netherlands Journal of Geosciences. 84 (3): 221–229. Bibcode:2005NJGeo..84..221D. doi:10.1017/s0016774600021004. S2CID 133058224. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16.
- ^ Molnar, Ralph E. (2004). "The Long and Honorable History of Monitors and Their Kin". In Pianka, Eric R.; King, Dennis R.; King, Ruth Allen (eds.). Varanoid Lizards of the World. Indiana University Press. pp. 10–67. doi:10.2307/j.ctt2005wjp.6.
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