Aiolosaurus

Not to be confused with Aeolosaurus.

Aiolosaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Anguimorpha
Genus: †Aiolosaurus
Gao and Norell, 2000
Species:
†A. oriens
Binomial name
†Aiolosaurus oriens
Gao and Norell, 2000

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.

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