Tangasaurus

Tangasaurus
Temporal range: Late Permian, 252.5–251 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Neodiapsida
Family: †Tangasauridae
Genus: †Tangasaurus
Haughton, 1924
Type species
†Tangasaurus mennelli
Haughton, 1924

Tangasaurus is an extinct genus of aquatic basal tangasaurid neodiapsid known from the Late Permian period (late Changhsingian stage) of Tanga, northeastern Tanzania. It contains a single species, Tangasaurus mennelli.[1][2]

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