| Kourisodon Temporal range: Late Santonian |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Subclass: | Diapsida |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Mosasauridae |
| Genus: | Kourisodon Nicholls and Meckert, 2002 |
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K. puntledgensis Nicholls and Meckert, 2002 (type) |
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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]