Aiolosaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Genus: | †Aiolosaurus Gao and Norell, 2000 |
Species: | †A. oriens
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Binomial name | |
†Aiolosaurus oriens Gao and Norell, 2000
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Aiolosaurus is an extinct genus of monitor lizard from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. The type and only species, Aiolosaurus oriens, was named in 2000 from Ukhaa Tolgod, a rich fossil site in the Campanian-age Djadochta Formation.