Hyphalosaurus
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Hyphalosaurus is a genus of freshwater aquatic reptiles, belonging to the extinct order Choristodera. They lived during the early Cretaceous period, about 123-120 million years ago. The genus contains
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Juvenile H. lingyuanensis
Fossil specimen of H. baitaigouensis
H. baitaigouensis fossils displayed in the Hong Kong Science Museum
Monjurosuchus
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Monjurosuchus is a genus of choristoderan reptile that lived in what is now China and Japan during the Early Cretaceous. It has large eyes, a rounded skull, robust legs with short claws, and a long, t
Hyphalosaurus
…Sinohydrosaurus a junior synonym of Hyphalosaurus. Hyphalosaurus is related to the large, crocodile-like Champsosaurus and the smaller, lizard-like Monjurosuchus. Its closest relative was the similarly built species, Shokawa ikoi, from the Early Cretaceous of Japan. The choristoderes were a clade of aquatic…
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Restoration of a Japanese specimen, which may represent a second species
Fossil of Monjurosuchus splendens in the Hong Kong Science Museum.
Juvenile specimen, Beijing Museum of Natural History