Kourisodon Temporal range: Late Santonian |
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Restored skull | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sauropsida |
Subclass: | Diapsida |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Mosasauridae |
Genus: | Kourisodon Nicholls and Meckert, 2002 |
Species | |
K. puntledgensis Nicholls and Meckert, 2002 (type) |
Kourisodon is an extinct genus of mosasaur. Fossils have been found from Vancouver Island in British Columbia that date back to the late Santonian stage of the Late Cretaceous.[1]