Dollosaurus

Dol-lo-sore-us.
By Benjamin Gutierrez
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Gutierrez, B. (2016, October 22). Dollosaurus. Prehistoric-wildlife. https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/dollosaurus/

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Name

Dollosaurus ‭(‬Dollo’s lizard‭)‬.

Phonetic

Dol-lo-sore-us.

Named By

Yakovlev‭ ‬-‭ ‬1991.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Squamata,‭ ‬Mosasauridae.

Diet

Piscivore/Carnivore.

Species

D.‭ ‬lutugini‭

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

Russia.‭ ‬Spain.‭ ‬Sweden.

Time Period

Campanian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Skulls and partial post cranial fossils of several individuals.

In Depth

       Dollosaurus is a genus of mosasaur that swam and hunted in the seas of Europe during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous.‭ ‬Dollosaurus was named after Louis Dollo,‭ ‬a Belgian palaeontologist who is remembered for his work studying mosasaurs.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Dental and vertebral morphology of the enigmatic mosasaur Dollosaurus‭ (‬Reptilia,‭ ‬mosasaur‭) ‬from the lower Campanian‭ (‬Upper Cretaceous‭) ‬of southern Sweden.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmakr‭ ‬52:‭ ‬17-25.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Lindgren‭ ‬-‭ ‬2005.

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