Aigialosauridae

Aigialosauridae Temporal range: Late Cretaceous

Skull of Aigialosaurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Superfamily:	†Mosasauroidea
Family:	†Aigialosauridae Kramberger, 1892
Genera
Aigialosaurus ?Proaigialosaurus

Aigialosauridae (Greek, aigialos = "seashore" + sauros= lizard) is a family of Late Cretaceous semi-aquatic varanoid lizards, regarded by some paleontologists as a distinct monophyletic group and by others as an adaptive grade within the basal mosasauroids.

References

Michael W., Caldwell and Alessandro Palci (2010). "A new species of ophidiomorph lizard, Adriosaurus skrkinensis, from the late Cretaceous of Slovenia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (3): 747–755. doi:10.1080/02724631003762963.
Dutchak, A.R. (2005). "A review of the taxonomy and systematics of aigialosaurs". Netherlands Journal of Geosciences. 84 (3): 221–222.

Extant species

Helodermatidae	Chiapan beaded lizard Gila monster Guatemalan beaded lizard Mexican beaded lizard Rio Fuerte beaded lizard
Lanthanotus	Earless monitor lizard
Varanus	Argus monitor Asian water monitor Black tree monitor Black-headed monitor Bengal monitor Black-spotted ridge-tailed monitor Crocodile monitor Desert monitor Dumeril's monitor Emerald tree monitor Gray's monitor Kalabeck's monitor Kimberley rock monitor Komodo dragon Lace monitor Mangrove monitor Mertens' water monitor Mitchell's water monitor Nile monitor Peacock monitor Peach-throated monitor Perentie Rock monitor Pilbara monitor Rennell Island monitor Rosenberg's monitor Roughneck monitor lizard Short-tailed monitor Spiny-tailed monitor Timor tree monitor Turquoise monitor Sand goanna Savannah monitor Yellow monitor
Related categories	Monitor lizards Cretaceous lizards Helodermatidae Mosasaurs

†Aigialosauridae	Aigialosaurus Carsosaurus Judeasaurus Kaganaias
†Dolichosauridae	Acteosaurus Adriosaurus Coniasaurus Dolichosaurus
Helodermatidae	Estesia
†Mosasauridae	Halisaurinae Mosasaurinae Plioplatecarpinae Tylosaurinae
†Necrosauridae	Necrosaurus
Varanidae	Aiolosaurus Cherminotus Megalania Ovoo Saniwa Saniwides Varanus amnhophilis
Others	Telmasaurus Palaeosaniwa

Mosasaurini	Eremiasaurus Mosasaurus Plotosaurus

Plioplatecarpini	Latoplatecarpus Platecarpus Plesioplatecarpus Plioplatecarpus

Other

Undetermined

Related categories

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