Megapterygius Temporal range: Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian),
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Size of Megapterygius compared to a human | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Clade: | †Mosasauria |
Family: | †Mosasauridae |
Subfamily: | †Mosasaurinae |
Genus: | †Megapterygius Konishi et al., 2023 |
Type species | |
†Megapterygius wakayamaensis Konishi et al., 2023
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Megapterygius (meaning "large wing") is an extinct genus of mosasaurine mosasaur from the Late Cretaceous Toyajo Formation (Hasegawa Muddy Sandstone Member) of Japan. The genus contains a single species, M. wakayamaensis, known from an almost complete skeleton.