Kolposaurus
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Kolposaurus is a junior synonym of both:
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- NothosaurusNothosaurusNothosaurus is an extinct genus of sauropterygian reptile from the Triassic period, approximately 240-210 million years ago, with fossils being distributed from North Africa and Europe to China...
(basal sauropterygiaSauropterygiaSauropterygia were a group of very successful aquatic reptiles that flourished during the Mesozoic before they became extinct at the end of the era. They were united by a radical adaptation of their shoulder, designed to support powerful flipper strokes...
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- PlotosaurusPlotosaurusPlotosaurus is an extinct genus of mosasaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Fresno County, California. Originally named Kolposaurus by Berkeley paleontologist Charles Lewis Camp in 1942, it was changed to Plotosaurus in 1951 when Camp discovered the name had already been assigned to a type of...
(derived mosasaurMosasaurMosasaurs are large extinct marine lizards. The first fossil remains were discovered in a limestone quarry at Maastricht on the Meuse in 1764...
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