Hainosaurus

Information about Hainosaurus

Hainosaurus
Fossil range: Late Cretaceous

Hainosaurus.

Extinct (fossil)

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertilia
Family:	Mosasauridae
Subfamily:	Tylosaurinae
Genus:	*Hainosaurus*

Species

?H. pembinensis

Hainosaurus is an extinct genus of marine lizard belonging to the mosasaur family. It was one of the largest mosasaurs, reaching lengths of about 18 m (60 ft) which made it the top predator of the Late Cretaceous seas. These animals may have preyed on turtles, mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, prerosaurs, and some types of dinosaur.

In Popular Culture

A giant mosasaur appeared in the BBC series Sea Monsters, a spin-off to the successful Walking with Dinosaurs. Various sources identify the creature as either Hainosaurus or the equally huge Tylosaurus.

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Late Cretaceous (100mya - 65mya) refers to the second half of the Cretaceous Period, named after the famous white chalk cliffs of southern England, which date from this time. Rocks deposited during the Late Cretaceous Period are referred to as the Upper Cretaceous Series.
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

See below

Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Sauropsida*
Goodrich, 1916

Subclasses

Anapsida
Diapsida

Synonyms

Reptilia Laurenti, 1768

Reptiles are tetrapods and amniotes, animals whose embryos are surrounded by an amniotic membrane, and members of the class
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Squamata
Oppel, 1811

black: range of Squamata

Suborders
see text

This article is about the Squamata order of reptiles. For the Roman scale armour see: Lorica squamata.

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Lacertilia*
GÃ¼nther, 1867

Families

Many, see text.

Lizards are reptiles of the order Squamata, normally possessing four legs, external ear openings and movable eyelids.
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Mosasauridae
Gervais, 1853

Subfamilies

Halisaurinae
Mosasaurinae
Plioplatecarpinae
Tylosaurinae

Mosasaurs (from Latin Mosa meaning the 'Meuse river' in the Netherlands, and Greek sauros
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Tylosaurinae
Williston, 1895

Genera
See text.
Tylosaurinae (Williston, 1895; Williston, 1897) is a subfamily of mosasaurs, a diverse group of Late Cretaceous marine squamates.

Russell (1967, pp.
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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Type Broadcast radio and television
Country United Kingdom
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Founder John Reith
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Sea Monsters was a BBC television program which used computer-generated imagery to show past life in Earth's seas. It was made by Impossible Pictures, the creators of Walking with Dinosaurs and Walking With Beasts.
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Walking with Dinosaurs was a six-part television series produced by the BBC, narrated by Kenneth Branagh, and first aired in the UK in 1999. The series was subsequently aired in North America on the Discovery Channel, with Branagh's voice replaced with that of Avery Brooks.
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Tylosaurus
Marsh, 1872

Species

T. proriger
T. nepaeolicus
T. haumuriensis
T. kansasensis
T.